Future Advances

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  1. When priority based on time of advance.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under § 47-9-322(a)(1), 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:
      1. under § 47-9-309 when it attaches; or
      2. temporarily under § 47-9-312(e), (f), or (g); and
    2. is not made pursuant to a commitment entered into before or while the security interest is perfected by a method other than under § 47-9-309 or § 47-9-312(e), (f), or (g).
  2. Lien creditor.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a security interest is subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor to the extent that the security interest secures an advance made more than 45 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.
  3. Buyer of receivables.  Subsections (a) and (b) 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.
  4. Buyer of goods.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), 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. 45 days after the purchase.
  5. Advances made pursuant to commitment: priority of buyer of goods.  Subsection (d) 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 45-day period.
  6. Lessee of goods.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), 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. 45 days after the lease contract becomes enforceable.
  7. Advances made pursuant to commitment: priority of lessee of goods.  Subsection (f) 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 45-day period.


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