{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-611","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 62A.9A-611","heading":"Notification before disposition of collateral.","body":"(a) \"Notification date.\" In this section, \"notification date\" means the earlier of the date on which:\n(1) A secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor a signed notification of disposition; or\n(2) The debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification.\n(b) Notification of disposition required. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a secured party that disposes of collateral under RCW 62A.9A-610 shall send to the persons specified in subsection (c) of this section a reasonable signed notification of disposition.\n(c) Persons to be notified. To comply with subsection (b) of this section, the secured party shall send a signed notification of disposition to:\n(1) The debtor;\n(2) Any secondary obligor; and\n(3) If the collateral is other than consumer goods:\n(A) Any other secured party or lienholder that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral perfected by the filing of a financing statement that:\n(i) Identified the collateral;\n(ii) Was indexed under the debtor's name as of that date; and\n(iii) Was filed in the office in which to file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and\n(B) Any other secured party that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in RCW 62A.9A-311(a).\n(d) Subsection (b) of this section inapplicable: Perishable collateral; recognized market. Subsection (b) of this section does not apply if the collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market.\n(e) Compliance with subsection (c)(3)(A) of this section. A secured party complies with the requirement for notification prescribed by subsection (c)(3)(A) of this section if:\n(1) Not later than 20 days or earlier than 30 days before the notification date, the secured party requests, in a commercially reasonable manner, information concerning financing statements indexed under the debtor's name in the office indicated in subsection (c)(3)(A) of this section; and\n(2) Before the notification date, the secured party:\n(A) Did not receive a response to the request for information; or\n(B) Received a response to the request for information and sent a signed notification of disposition to each secured party or other lienholder named in that response whose financing statement covered the collateral.","path":["Title 62A","Chapter 62A.9A"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=62A.9A-611","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:39:28Z","sha256":"7dfffcba9767654815ad6e409589f5a12643fca9bd4bca743101bc2685c9587b","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-610","next":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-612"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}