{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-9-309","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-9-309","heading":"Security interest perfected upon attachment.","body":"The following security interests are perfected when they attach:\n(1) A purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in § 6A-9-311(b) with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in § 6A-9-311(a);\n(2) An assignment of accounts or payment intangibles which does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor’s outstanding accounts or payment intangibles;\n(3) A sale of a payment intangible;\n(4) A sale of a promissory note;\n(5) A security interest created by the assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable to the provider of the health-care goods or services;\n(6) A security interest arising under §§ 6A-2-401, 6A-2-505, 6A-2-711(3), or 6A-2.1-508(5), until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral;\n(7) A security interest of a collecting bank arising under § 6A-4-210;\n(8) A security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under § 6A-5-118;\n(9) A security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under § 6A-9-206(c);\n(10) A security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary;\n(11) A security interest in a commodity contract or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary;\n(12) An assignment for the benefit of all creditors of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder;\n(13) A security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent’s estate; and\n(14) A sale by an individual of an account that is a right to payment of winnings in a lottery or other game of chance.","path":["Title 6A Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 9 Secured Transactions","Part 3 Perfection and Priority","Subpart 2 Perfection"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6A/6A-9/6A-3/6A-2/6A-9-309.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T18:28:14Z","sha256":"dac74e6efacd8cdf1d835cefd2c541dd5110cd68f2192c889a4e1be3a109b3dd","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-9-308","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-9-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}