Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 55-9-310 - When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b) of this section and in Section 55-9-312 NMSA 1978, a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.(b) The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest: (1) that is perfected under Subsection (d), (e), (f) or (g) of Section 55-9-308 NMSA 1978;(2) that is perfected under Section 55-9-309 NMSA 1978 when it attaches;(3) in property subject to a statute, regulation or treaty described in Subsection (a) of Section 55-9-311 NMSA 1978;(4) in goods in possession of a bailee that is perfected under Paragraph (1) or (2) of Subsection (d) of Section 55-9-312 NMSA 1978;(5) in certificated securities, documents, goods or instruments that is perfected without filing, control or possession under Subsection (e), (f) or (g) of Section 55-9-312 NMSA 1978;(6) in collateral in the secured party's possession under Section 55-9-313 NMSA 1978;(7) in a certificated security that is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under Section 55-9-313 NMSA 1978;(8) in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, electronic documents, investment property or letter-of-credit rights that is perfected by control under Section 55-9-314 NMSA 1978;(9) in proceeds that is perfected under Section 55-9-315 NMSA 1978; or(10) that is perfected under Section 55-9-316 NMSA 1978.(c) If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978 is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.1978 Comp., § 55-9-310, enacted by Laws 2001, ch. 139, § 30; 2005, ch. 144, § 101.Amended by 2023, c. 142,s. 61, eff. 1/1/2024.