Cal. Commercial Code - COM § 14101. Section 14101.
The amendments to this code, as adopted by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session, shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 1976.
DIVISION 14. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS [14101. - 14109.]
Cal. Commercial Code - COM 14.
in effectCal. Commercial Code - COM § 14102. Section 14102.
The provisions of Division 13 shall continue to apply to this code, as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session, and for this purpose this code as it existed prior to January 1, 1976, and this code, as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session, shall be considered one continuous statute.
Cal. Commercial Code - COM § 14103. Section 14103.
Transactions validly entered into after January 1, 1965, and before January 1, 1976, and which were subject to the provisions of this code and which would be subject to this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session if they had been entered into after January 1, 1976, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from the transactions remain valid after January 1, 1976, and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1972 Regular Session. Security interests arising out of these transactions which are perfected on January 1, 1976, shall remain perfected until they lapse as provided in this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session, and may be continued as permitted by this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session, except as stated in Section 14105.
Cal. Commercial Code - COM § 14104. Section 14104.
A security interest for the perfection of which filing or the taking of possession was required under this code and which attached prior to January 1, 1976, but was not perfected shall be deemed perfected on January 1, 1975, if this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session permits perfection without filing or authorizes filing in the office or offices where a prior ineffective filing was made.
Cal. Commercial Code - COM § 14105. Section 14105.
(1)
A financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to January 1, 1976, which shall not have lapsed prior to January 1, 1976, shall remain effective for the period provided in this code as it existed prior to January 1, 1976, but not less than five years after the filing.
(2)
With respect to any collateral acquired by the debtor subsequent to January 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 code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session.
(3)
The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to January 1, 1976, may be continued by a continuation statement as permitted by this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular
Session, except that if this code, as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session, requires a filing in an office where there was no previous financing statement, a new financing statement conforming to Section 14106 shall be filed in that office.
Cal. Commercial Code - COM § 14106. Section 14106.
(1)
If a security interest is perfected or has priority on January 1, 1976, as to all persons or as to certain persons without any filing or recording, and if the filing of a financing statement would be required for the perfection or priority of the security interest against those persons under this code, as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session, the perfection and priority rights of the security interest continue until January 1, 1979. The perfection will then lapse unless a financing statement is filed as provided in subdivision (4) or unless the security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing.
(2)
If a security interest is perfected on January 1, 1976, under a law other than this code which requires no further filing, refiling or recording to continue its perfection, perfection continues until and will lapse January 1, 1979, unless a financing statement is filed as provided in subdivision (4) or unless the
security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing, or unless under Section 9311 the other law continues to govern filing.
(3)
If a security interest is perfected by a filing, refiling or recording under a law repealed by this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session which required further filing, refiling or recording to continue its perfection, perfection continues and will lapse on the date provided by the law so repealed for a further filing, refiling, or recording unless a financing statement is filed as provided in subdivision (4) or unless the security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing.
(4)
A financing statement may be filed within six months before the perfection of a security interest would otherwise lapse. Any such financing statement may be signed by either the debtor or the secured party. It must identify the security agreement, statement, or notice (however denominated in any statute or other law
repealed or modified by this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session), state the office where and the date when the last filing, refiling, or recording, if any, was made with respect thereto, and the filing number, if any, was made with respect thereto, and the filing number, if any, or book and page, if any, of recording and further state that the security agreement, statement, or notice, however denominated, in another filing office under this code or under any statute or other law repealed or modified by this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session is still effective. Section 9501 and Sections 9301, 9303, 9304, 9305, 9306, 9307, 9316, and 9337 determine the proper place to file such a financing statement. Except as specified in this subdivision, the provisions of Sections 9515 and 9522 for continuation statements apply to such a financing statement.
Cal. Commercial Code - COM § 14107. Section 14107.
Except as otherwise provided in this division, this code as it existed prior to January 1, 1976, shall apply to any questions of priority if the positions of the parties were fixed prior to January 1, 1976. In other cases questions of priority shall be determined by this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session.
Cal. Commercial Code - COM § 14108. Section 14108.
Unless a change in law has clearly been made, the provisions of this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session shall be deemed declaratory of the meaning of this code as it existed prior to January 1, 1976. The amendments to subdivision (38) of Section 1201 and to subdivision (j) of Section 9104 of this code as amended by the Legislature at the 1973–74 Regular Session shall be deemed declaratory of the meaning of this code as it existed prior to January 1, 1976.
Cal. Commercial Code - COM § 14109. Section 14109.
(1)
The amendments to this code relating to fixtures adopted by the Legislature at the 1979–1980 Regular Session shall apply to security interests which attach on or after January 1, 1981, in goods which become fixtures on or after January 1, 1981.
(2)
If the record of a mortgage of real estate would have been effective as a fixture filing of goods described therein if the amendments to this code relating to fixtures adopted by the Legislature at the 1979–1980 Regular Session 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 subdivision (6) of Section 9402 as of January 1, 1981.
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