HOUSE BILL No. 6647

 

November 12, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Lahti, McDowell, Spade, Lindberg, Valentine and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

 

     A bill to amend 1962 PA 174, entitled

 

"Uniform commercial code,"

 

by amending section 9502 (MCL 440.9502), as amended by 2000 PA 348.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 9502. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a financing

 

statement is sufficient only if it does all of the following:

 

     (a) Provides the name of the debtor.

 

     (b) Provides the name of the secured party or a representative

 

of the secured party.

 

     (c) Indicates the collateral covered by the financing

 

statement.

 

     (d) Provides the original signature of the debtor. If the

 

financing statement is filed electronically, an electronic


 

signature is sufficient.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in section 9501(2), to be

 

sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted

 

collateral or timber to be cut, or that is filed as a fixture

 

filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must

 

satisfy subsection (1) and also do all of the following:

 

     (a) Indicate that it covers this type of collateral.

 

     (b) Indicate that it is to be recorded in the real property

 

records.

 

     (c) Provide a description of the real property to which the

 

collateral is related sufficient to give constructive notice of a

 

mortgage under the law of this state if the description were

 

contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property.

 

     (d) If the debtor does not have an interest of record in the

 

real property, provide the name and original signature of a record

 

owner.

 

     (3) A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of

 

recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as

 

a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to

 

be cut only if all of the following apply:

 

     (a) The record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers.

 

     (b) The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the

 

real property described in the record or the collateral is related

 

to the real property described in the record and is as-extracted

 

collateral or timber to be cut.

 

     (c) The record satisfies the requirements for a financing

 

statement in this section other than an indication that it is to be


 

filed in the real property records.

 

     (d) The record is duly recorded.

 

     (4) A financing statement may be filed before a security

 

agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless House Bill No. 6231 of the 94th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.