(1) A financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to October 1, 1976, which shall not have lapsed prior to said date shall remain effective for the period provided in title 42a prior to said date, but not less than five years after the filing.
(2) With respect to any collateral acquired by the debtor subsequent to October 1, 1976, any effective financing statement or continuation statement described in this section shall apply only if the filing or filings are in the office or offices that would be appropriate to perfect the security interests in the new collateral under this title, as amended.
(3) The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to October 1, 1976, that remains effective on October 1, 2001, may be continued by a continuation statement in the same manner that a financing statement or continuation statement filed under article 9 of title 42a of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, may be continued under article 9 of title 42a in effect on and after October 1, 2001.
(4) If the record of a mortgage of real estate would have been effective as a fixture filing of goods described therein if subsection (2) of section 42a-1-105, subsections (9) and (37) of section 42a-1-201 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsections (1) and (2) of section 42a-2-107, subsection (2) of section 42a-5-116, subsection (1) of section 42a-9-102 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, sections 42a-9-103a to 42a-9-106, inclusive, of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-114 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-203 to 42a-9-205, inclusive, of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-301 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-302 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsections (1) and (5) of section 42a-9-304 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, sections 42a-9-305 to 42a-9-308, inclusive, of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-312 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-313 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-318 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-401 to 42a-9-407, inclusive, of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, 42a-9-408a of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsection (3) of section 42a-9-501 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsection (2) of section 42a-9-502 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, section 42a-9-504 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, subsection (2) of section 42a-9-505 of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, and sections 42a-10-105 to 42a-10-109, inclusive, of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001, had been in effect on the date of recording the mortgage, the mortgage shall be deemed effective as a fixture filing as to such goods under subsection (6) of section 42a-9-402 on October 1, 1976.
(P.A. 76-369, S. 42; P.A. 01-132, S. 180.)
History: P.A. 01-132 amended Subsec. (3) to revise procedure for continuation of any financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to October 1, 1976, “that remains effective on October 1, 2001,” and amended Subsec. (4) to specify that the existing references to certain statutory sections are to those sections “of the general statutes, revised to January 1, 2001”.