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Article 9A — Secured Transactions.

• Section 7-9A-101 Short title.
• Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions.
• Section 7-9A-103 Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of establishing.
• Section 7-9A-104 Control of deposit account.
• Section 7-9A-105 Control of electronic chattel paper.
• Section 7-9A-106 Control of investment property.
• Section 7-9A-107 Control of letter-of-credit right.
• Section 7-9A-108 Sufficiency of description.
• Section 7-9A-109 Scope.
• Section 7-9A-110 Security interests arising under Article 2 or 2A.
• Section 7-9A-201 General effectiveness of security agreement.
• Section 7-9A-202 Title to collateral immaterial.
• Section 7-9A-203 Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds; supporting obligations; formal requisites.
• Section 7-9A-204 After-acquired property; future advances.
• Section 7-9A-205 Use or disposition of collateral permissible.
• Section 7-9A-206 Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset.
• Section 7-9A-207 Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral.
• Section 7-9A-208 Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral.
• Section 7-9A-209 Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment.
• Section 7-9A-210 Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or statement of account.
• Section 7-9A-301 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests.
• Section 7-9A-302 Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens.
• Section 7-9A-303 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title.
• Section 7-9A-304 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts.
• Section 7-9A-305 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property.
• Section 7-9A-306 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter-of-credit rights.
• Section 7-9A-307 Location of debtor.
• Section 7-9A-308 When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection.
• Section 7-9A-309 Security interest perfected upon attachment.
• Section 7-9A-310 When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply.
• Section 7-9A-311 Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations, and treaties.
• Section 7-9A-312 Perfection of certain security interests by filing; temporary perfection.
• Section 7-9A-313 When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing.
• Section 7-9A-314 Perfection by control.
• Section 7-9A-315 Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.
• Section 7-9A-316 Continued perfection of security interest following change in governing law.
• Section 7-9A-317 Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien.
• Section 7-9A-318 No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers.
• Section 7-9A-319 Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers.
• Section 7-9A-320 Buyer of goods; Alabama Farmers Credit Protection Fund.
• Section 7-9A-321 Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business.
• Section 7-9A-322 Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral.
• Section 7-9A-323 Future advances.
• Section 7-9A-324 Priority of purchase-money security interests.
• Section 7-9A-325 Priority of security interests in transferred collateral.
• Section 7-9A-326 Priority of security interests created by new debtor.
• Section 7-9A-327 Priority of security interests in deposit account.
• Section 7-9A-328 Priority of security interests in investment property.
• Section 7-9A-329 Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right.
• Section 7-9A-330 Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument.
• Section 7-9A-331 Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents, and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under Article 8.
• Section 7-9A-332 Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account.
• Section 7-9A-333 Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.
• Section 7-9A-334 Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops.
• Section 7-9A-335 Accessions.
• Section 7-9A-336 Commingled goods.
• Section 7-9A-337 Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title.
• Section 7-9A-338 Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.
• Section 7-9A-339 Priority subject to subordination.
• Section 7-9A-340 Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account.
• Section 7-9A-341 Bank's rights and duties with respect to deposit account.
• Section 7-9A-342 Bank's right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control agreement.
• Section 7-9A-401 Alienability of debtor's rights.
• Section 7-9A-402 Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort.
• Section 7-9A-403 Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee.
• Section 7-9A-404 Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee.
• Section 7-9A-405 Modification of assigned contract.
• Section 7-9A-406 Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promis
• Section 7-9A-407 Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in leasehold interest or in lessor's residual interest.
• Section 7-9A-408 Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective.
• Section 7-9A-409 Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective.
• Section 7-9A-501 Filing office.
• Section 7-9A-502 Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement.
• Section 7-9A-503 Name of debtor and secured party.
• Section 7-9A-504 Indication of collateral.
• Section 7-9A-505 Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments, and other transactions.
• Section 7-9A-506 Effect of errors or omissions.
• Section 7-9A-507 Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement.
• Section 7-9A-508 Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.
• Section 7-9A-509 Persons entitled to file a record.
• Section 7-9A-510 Effectiveness of filed record.
• Section 7-9A-511 Secured party of record.
• Section 7-9A-512 Amendment of financing statement.
• Section 7-9A-513 Termination statement.
• Section 7-9A-514 Assignment of powers of secured party of record.
• Section 7-9A-515 Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.
• Section 7-9A-516 What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.
• Section 7-9A-517 Effect of indexing errors.
• Section 7-9A-518 Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.
• Section 7-9A-519 Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records.
• Section 7-9A-520 Acceptance and refusal to accept record.
• Section 7-9A-521 Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment.
• Section 7-9A-522 Maintenance and destruction of records.
• Section 7-9A-523 Information from filing office; sale or license of records.
• Section 7-9A-524 Delay by filing office.
• Section 7-9A-525 Fees.
• Section 7-9A-526 Filing-office rules.
• Section 7-9A-601 Rights after default; judicial enforcement; consignor or buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes.
• Section 7-9A-602 Waiver and variance of rights and duties.
• Section 7-9A-603 Agreement on standards concerning rights and duties.
• Section 7-9A-604 Procedure if security agreement covers real property or fixtures.
• Section 7-9A-605 Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.
• Section 7-9A-606 Time of default for agricultural lien.
• Section 7-9A-607 Collection and enforcement by secured party.
• Section 7-9A-608 Application of proceeds of collection or enforcement; liability for deficiency and right to surplus.
• Section 7-9A-609 Secured party's right to take possession after default.
• Section 7-9A-610 Disposition of collateral after default.
• Section 7-9A-611 Notification before disposition of collateral.
• Section 7-9A-612 Timeliness of notification before disposition of collateral.
• Section 7-9A-613 Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral: General.
• Section 7-9A-614 Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral: Consumer-goods transaction.
• Section 7-9A-615 Application of proceeds of disposition; liability for deficiency and right to surplus.
• Section 7-9A-616 Explanation of calculation of surplus or deficiency.
• Section 7-9A-617 Rights of transferee of collateral.
• Section 7-9A-618 Rights and duties of certain secondary obligors.
• Section 7-9A-619 Transfer of record or legal title.
• Section 7-9A-620 Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation; compulsory disposition of collateral.
• Section 7-9A-621 Notification of proposal to accept collateral.
• Section 7-9A-622 Effect of acceptance of collateral.
• Section 7-9A-623 Right to redeem collateral.
• Section 7-9A-624 Waiver.
• Section 7-9A-625 Remedies for secured party's failure to comply with article.
• Section 7-9A-626 Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue.
• Section 7-9A-627 Determination of whether conduct was commercially reasonable.
• Section 7-9A-628 Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party; liability of secondary obligor.
• Section 7-9A-701 Effective date.
• Section 7-9A-702 Savings clause.
• Section 7-9A-703 Security interest perfected before January 1, 2002.
• Section 7-9A-704 Security interest unperfected before January 1, 2002.
• Section 7-9A-705 Effectiveness of action taken before January 1, 2002.
• Section 7-9A-706 When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement.
• Section 7-9A-707 Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement.
• Section 7-9A-708 Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement.
• Section 7-9A-709 Priority.