Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral.

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  • (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, priority among conflicting security interests and agricultural liens in the same collateral is determined according to the following rules:
    • (a) Conflicting perfected security interests and agricultural liens rank according to priority in time of filing or perfection. Priority dates from the earlier of the time a filing covering the collateral is first made or the security interest or agricultural lien is first perfected, if there is no period thereafter when there is neither filing nor perfection.
    • (b) A perfected security interest or agricultural lien has priority over a conflicting unperfected security interest or agricultural lien.
    • (c) The first security interest or agricultural lien to attach or become effective has priority if conflicting security interests and agricultural liens are unperfected.
  • (2) For the purposes of Subsection (1)(a):
    • (a) the time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in collateral is also the time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in proceeds; and
    • (b) the time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in collateral supported by a supporting obligation is also the time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in the supporting obligation.
  • (3) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6), a security interest in collateral which qualifies for priority over a conflicting security interest under Section 70A-9a-327, 70A-9a-328, 70A-9a-329, 70A-9a-330, or 70A-9a-331 also has priority over a conflicting security interest in:
    • (a) any supporting obligation for the collateral; and
    • (b) proceeds of the collateral if:
      • (i) the security interest in proceeds is perfected;
      • (ii) the proceeds are cash proceeds or of the same type as the collateral; and
      • (iii) in the case of proceeds that are proceeds of proceeds, all intervening proceeds are cash proceeds, proceeds of the same type as the collateral, or an account relating to the collateral.
  • (4) Subject to Subsection (5) and except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6), if a security interest in chattel paper, deposit accounts, negotiable documents, instruments, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights is perfected by a method other than filing, conflicting perfected security interests in proceeds of the collateral rank according to priority in time of filing.
  • (5) Subsection (4) applies only if the proceeds of the collateral are not cash proceeds, chattel paper, negotiable documents, instruments, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights.
  • (6) Subsections (1) through (5) are subject to:
    • (a) Subsection (7) and the other provisions of this part;
    • (b) Section 70A-4-210 with respect to a security interest of a collecting bank;
    • (c) Section 70A-5-118 with respect to a security interest of an issuer or nominated person; and
    • (d) Section 70A-9a-110 with respect to a security interest arising under Chapter 2, Uniform Commercial Code - Sales, or Chapter 2a, Uniform Commercial Code - Leases.
  • (7) A perfected agricultural lien on collateral has priority over a conflicting security interest in or agricultural lien on the same collateral if the statute creating the agricultural lien so provides.




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