Effective: July 1, 2001
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 74 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under division (A)(1) of section 1309.322 of the Revised Code, perfection of the security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the security interest secures an advance that:
(1) Is made while the security interest is perfected only:
(a) Under section 1309.309 of the Revised Code when it attaches; or
(b) Temporarily under division (E), (F), or (G) of section 1309.312 of the Revised Code.
(2) Is not made pursuant to a commitment entered into before or while the security interest is perfected by a method other than under section 1309.309 or division (E), (F), or (G) of section 1309.312 of the Revised Code.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a security interest is subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor to the extent that the security interest secures advances made more than forty-five days after the person becomes a lien creditor unless the advance is made:
(1) Without knowledge of the lien; or
(2) Pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lien.
(C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to a security interest held by a secured party that is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor.
(D) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, a buyer of goods other than a buyer in ordinary course of business takes free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:
(1) The time the secured party acquires knowledge of the buyer's purchase; or
(2) Forty-five days after the purchase.
(E) Division (D) of this section does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the buyer's purchase and before the expiration of the forty-five-day period.
(F) Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of this section, a lessee of goods, other than a lessee in ordinary course of business, takes the leasehold interest free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:
(1) The time the secured party acquires knowledge of the lease; or
(2) Forty-five days after the lease contract becomes enforceable.
(G) Division (F) of this section does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lease and before the expiration of the forty-five-day period.