1 is a “financing statement” filed to provide notice that a creditor has a security interest in a debtor's personal property. It is not an agreement. It is a notice d that one person claims an interest in someone else's property, usually as collateral for a debt.
Examples of the UCC in Practice If ABC company buys a tractor trailer with financing from Bank B. The bank files a UCC financing statement to secure its interest. If ABC company later sells the trailer, this lien ensures that Bank B can recover funds from the sale, protecting its financial investment.
1 Financing Statement is a pivotal legal form utilized across the United States, including Florida, to establish a secured party's lien on a debtor's personal property.
“UCC” stands for Uniform Commercial Code. The Uniform Commercial Code is a uniform law that governs commercial transactions, including sales of goods, secured transactions and negotiable instruments.
Form UCC3 is used to amend (make changes to) a UCC1 filing. The required information is: An acknowledgement name and address. (Recommended for return copy of the filing.) The file number of the original financing statement.
Key Aspects of the Florida UCC: Scope of Application: The UCC applies to various types of commercial transactions, including the sale of goods, leases, negotiable instruments, secured transactions, and more.
Non-UCC Property means any personal property of the Borrowers a security interest in which may not be perfected pursuant to the UCC and in which the security interest granted to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement has not been duly perfected under other applicable law.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2), (5), (6), and (7), a filed financing statement is effective for a period of 5 years after the date of filing.
Florida, like many other states, has incorporated a version of the UCC into its statutes, which in turn has influenced various industries, including construction.