(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), this section applies if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) There is no outstanding secured obligation.
(2) The secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value.
(b) Within 10 days after receiving an authenticated demand by the debtor, a secured party shall send to an account debtor that has received notification of an assignment to the secured party as assignee under subdivision (a) of Section 9406 an authenticated record that releases the account debtor from any further obligation to the secured party.
(c) This section does not apply to an assignment constituting the sale of an account, chattel paper, or payment intangible.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991 and Section 9701.)