{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-310","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12A:9-310","heading":"When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply.","body":"When Filing Required to Perfect Security Interest or Agricultural Lien; Security Interests and Agricultural Liens to Which Filing Provisions Do Not Apply.\n(a)\tGeneral rule:  perfection by filing.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and 12A:9-312 (b), a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.\n(b)\tExceptions:  filing not necessary.  The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest:\n(1)\tthat is perfected under 12A:9-308(d), (e), (f) or (g);\n(2)\tthat is perfected under 12A:9-309 when it attaches;\n(3)\tin property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in 12A:9-311(a);\n(4)\tin goods in possession of a bailee which is perfected under 12A:9-312(d)(1) or (2);\n(5)\tin certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control, or possession under 12A:9-312(e), (f) or (g);\n(6)\tin collateral in the secured party's possession under 12A:9-313;\n(7)\tin a certificated security which is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under 12A:9-313;\n(8)\tin deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, electronic documents, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights which is perfected by control under 12A:9-314;\n(9)\tin proceeds which is perfected under 12A:9-315; or\n(10)  that is perfected under 12A:9-316.\n(c)\tAssignment of perfected security interest.  If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this chapter is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.\nL.2001, c.117, s.1; amended 2001, c.386, s.26; 2013, c.65, s.10.","path":["TITLE 12A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"784b343a2a6bb025befa27219d206d270f88811b877d1bd78baa3d7f84910bac","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-309","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}