{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-309","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 36-9-309","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 Section 36-9-311(b) with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in Section 36-9-311(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 Section 36-2-401, 36-2-505, 36-2-711(3), or 36-2A-508(5), until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral;\n(7) a security interest of a collecting bank arising under Section 36-4-210;\n(8) a security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under Section 36-5-118;\n(9) a security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under Section 36-9-206(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; and\n(13) a security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent's estate.","path":["Title 36 - COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 9 Commercial Code—Secured Transactions","Part 3 Perfection and Priority"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t36c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:08:49Z","sha256":"36dd94dd360eecf91b2eee6da4d51ec947af4578978edc1d96043f1440977d39","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-308","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}