Section 55-9-315 - Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.
55-9-315. Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978, the Farm Products Secured Interest Act [56-13-1 to 56-13-14 NMSA 1978] and in Subsection (2) of Section 55-2-403 NMSA 1978:
(1) a security interest or agricultural lien continues in collateral notwithstanding sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition thereof unless the secured party authorized the disposition free of the security interest or agricultural lien; and
(2) a security interest attaches to any identifiable proceeds of collateral.
(b) Proceeds that are commingled with other property are identifiable proceeds:
(1) if the proceeds are goods, to the extent provided by Section 55-9-336 NMSA 1978; and
(2) if the proceeds are not goods, to the extent that the secured party identifies the proceeds by a method of tracing, including application of equitable principles, that is permitted under law other than Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978 with respect to commingled property of the type involved.
(c) A security interest in proceeds is a perfected security interest if the security interest in the original collateral was perfected.
(d) A perfected security interest in proceeds becomes unperfected on the twenty-first day after the security interest attaches to the proceeds unless:
(1) the following conditions are satisfied:
(A) a filed financing statement covers the original collateral;
(B) the proceeds are collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the office in which the financing statement has been filed; and
(C) the proceeds are not acquired with cash proceeds;
(2) the proceeds are identifiable cash proceeds; or
(3) the security interest in the proceeds is perfected other than under Subsection (c) of this section when the security interest attaches to the proceeds or within twenty days thereafter.
(e) If a filed financing statement covers the original collateral, a security interest in proceeds which remains perfected under Paragraph (1) of Subsection (d) of this section becomes unperfected at the later of:
(1) when the effectiveness of the filed financing statement lapses under Section 55-9-515 NMSA 1978 or is terminated under Section 55-9-513 NMSA 1978; or
(2) the twenty-first day after the security interest attaches to the proceeds.