{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-707","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12A:9-707","heading":"Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement.","body":"Amendment of Pre-effective-date Financing Statement.\n(a)\t Pre-effective-date financing statement\". In this section, \"pre-effective-date financing statement\" means a financing statement filed before this chapter takes effect.\n(b)\tApplicable law. After this chapter takes effect, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3.  However, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement also may be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.\n(c)\tMethod of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if the law of this State governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing statement may be amended after this chapter takes effect only if:\n(1)\tthe pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in 12A:9-501;\n(2)\tan amendment is filed in the office specified in 12A:9-501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies 12A:9-706(c); or\n(3)\tan initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies 12A:9-706(c) is filed in the office specified in 12A:9-501.\n(d)\tMethod of amending: continuation. If the law of this State governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under 12A:9-705(d) and (f) or 12A:9-706.\n(e)\tMethod of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of this State governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in this State may be terminated after this chapter takes effect by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies 12A:9-706(c) has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3 as the office in which to file a financing statement. The preceding sentence applies only to the office described in 12A:9-501(a)(2).\n(New) 2001,c.386,s.125.","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":"d6160bed53996b122a9feed67d048143fffccb85f50adb94cd653b8dd5b76028","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-706","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}