{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-9-707","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code Law § 9-707","heading":"Amendment of Pre-effective-date Financing Statement","body":"Section 9--707. Amendment of Pre-effective-date Financing Statement.\n  (a) \"Pre-effective-date financing statement\". In this section,\n\"pre-effective-date financing statement\" means a financing statement\nfiled before Revised Article 9 takes effect.\n  (b) Applicable law. After Revised Article 9 takes effect, a person may\nadd or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the\neffectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a\npre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law\nof the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3. However,\nthe effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement also may\nbe terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which\nthe financing statement is filed.\n  (c) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubsection (d), if the law of this state governs perfection of a\nsecurity interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing\nstatement may be amended after Revised Article 9 takes effect only if:\n       (1) the pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment\n           are filed in the office specified in Section 9--501;\n       (2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in Section\n           9--501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office\n           of, an initial financing statement that satisfies Section\n           9--706 (c); or\n       (3) an initial financing statement that provides the information\n           as amended and satisfies Section 9--706 (c) is filed in the\n           office specified in Section 9--501.\n  (d) Method of amending: continuation. If the law of this state governs\nperfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a\npre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under\nSection 9--705 (d) and (f) or 9--706.\n  (e) Method of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not\nthe law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the\neffectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in this\nstate may be terminated after Revised Article 9 takes effect by filing a\ntermination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date\nfinancing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that\nsatisfies Section 9--706 (c) has been filed in the office specified by\nthe law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3\nas the office in which to file a financing statement.","path":["Uniform Commercial Code Law","Article 9. Secured Transactions","Part 7. Transition"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/UCC/9-707","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"865575293f9e5c56c5235be43af10045d15b91456d7d5d30b6a47927ff0140b1","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-9-706","next":"us-ny/n.y.-uniform-commercial-code-law-9-708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}