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Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-101

Short title This Title 11 shall be known as and may be cited as the 'Uniform Commercial Code.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-102

Purposes; rules of construction; variation by agreement (1) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-103

Supplementary general principles of law applicable Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this title, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-104

Construction against implicit repeal This title being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-105

Territorial application of the title; parties´ power to choose applicable law (1) Except as provided hereafter in this Code section, when a transaction bears a reasonable ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-106

Remedies to be liberally administered (1) The remedies provided by this title shall be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-107

Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach Any claim or right arising out of an alleged breach can be discharged in whole or in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-108

Severability If any provision or clause of this title or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-109

Section captions Section captions are parts of this title. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-201

General definitions Subject to additional definitions contained in the subsequent articles of this title which are applicable to specific articles or parts thereof, and unless the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-202

Prima-facie evidence by third party documents A document in due form purporting to be a bill of lading, policy or certificate of insurance, official weigher´s or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-203

Obligation of good faith Every contract or duty within this title imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-204

Time; reasonable time; 'seasonably.' (1) Whenever this title requires any action to be taken within a reasonable time, any time which is not manifestly unreasonable may ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-205

Course of dealing and usage of trade (1) A course of dealing is a sequence of previous conduct between the parties to a particular transaction which ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-206

Statute of frauds for kinds of personal property not otherwise covered (1) Except in the cases described in subsection (2) of this Code section a contract ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-207

Performance or acceptance under reservation of rights (1) A party who, with explicit reservation of rights, performs or promises performance or assents to performance in a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-208

Option to accelerate at will A term providing that one party or his successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or additional ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-1-209

Subordinated obligations An obligation may be issued as subordinated to payment of another obligation of the person obligated, or a creditor may subordinate his right to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-101

Short title This article shall be known and may be cited as 'Uniform Commercial Code — Leases.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-102

Scope This article applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-103

Definitions and index of definitions (1) In this article unless the context otherwise requires: (a) 'Buyer in ordinary course of business' means a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-104

Leases subject to other law (1) A lease, although subject to this article, is also subject to any applicable: (a) Certificate of title statute ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-105

Territorial application of article to goods covered by certificate of title Subject to the provisions of Code Sections 11-2A-304(3) and 11-2A-305(3), with respect to goods covered ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-106

Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum (1) If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-107

Waiver or renunciation of claim or right after default Any claim or right arising out of an alleged default or breach of warranty may be discharged ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-108

Unconscionability (1) If the court as a matter of law finds a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract to have been unconscionable at ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-109

Option to accelerate at will (1) A term providing that one party or his successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-201

Statute of frauds (1) A lease contract is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless: (a) The total payments to be made ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-202

Final written expression: Parole or extrinsic evidence Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-203

Seals inoperative The affixing of a seal to a writing evidencing a lease contract or an offer to enter into a lease contract does not render ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-204

Formation in general (1) A lease contract may be made in any manner sufficient to show agreement, including conduct by both parties which recognizes the existence ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-205

Firm offers An offer by a merchant to lease goods to or from another person in a signed writing that by its terms gives assurance it ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-206

Offer and acceptance in formation of lease contract (1) Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances, an offer to make a lease contract must ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-207

Course of performance or practical construction (1) If a lease contract involves repeated occasions for performance by either party with knowledge of the nature of the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-208

Modification, rescission and waiver (1) An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding. (2) A signed lease agreement that excludes ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-209

Lessee under finance lease as beneficiary of supply contract (1) The benefit of a supplier´s promises to the lessor under the supply contract and of all ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-210

Express warranties (1) Express warranties by the lessor are created as follows: (a) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the lessor ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-211

Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee´s obligation against infringement (1) There is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-212

Implied warranty of merchantability (1) Except in a finance lease, a warranty that the goods will be merchantable is implied in a lease contract if the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-213

Implied warranty of fitness for particular purpose Except in a finance lease, if the lessor at the time the lease contract is made has reason to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-214

Exclusion or modification of warranties (1) Words or conduct relevant to the creation of an express warranty and words or conduct tending to negate or limit ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-215

Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied Warranties, whether express or implied, must be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-216

Third-party beneficiaries of express and implied warranties A warranty to or for the benefit of a lessee under this article, whether express or implied, extends to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-217

Identification Identification of goods as goods to which a lease contract refers may be made at any time and in any manner explicitly agreed to by ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-218

Insurance and proceeds (1) A lessee obtains an insurable interest when existing goods are identified to the lease contract even though the goods identified are nonconforming ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-219

Risk of loss (1) Except in the case of a finance lease, risk of loss is retained by the lessor and does not pass to the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-220

Effect of default on risk of loss (1) Where risk of loss is to pass to the lessee and the time of passage is not stated: ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-221

Casualty to identified goods If a lease contract requires goods identified when the lease contract is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-301

Enforceability of lease contract Except as otherwise provided in this article, a lease contract is effective and enforceable according to its terms between the parties, against ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-302

Title to and possession of goods Except as otherwise provided in this article, each provision of this article applies whether the lessor or a third party ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-303

Alienability of party´s interest under lease contract or of lessor´s residual interest in goods; delegation of performance; transfer of rights (1) As used in this Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-304

Subsequent lease of goods by lessor (1) Subject to Section 11-2A-303, a subsequent lessee from a lessor of goods under an existing lease contract obtains, to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-305

Sale or sublease of goods by lessee (1) Subject to the provisions of Code Section 11-2A-303, a buyer or sublessee from the lessee of goods under ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-306

Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law If a person in the ordinary course of his business furnishes services or materials with respect to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-307

Priority of liens arising by attachment or levy on, security interests in, and other claims to goods (1) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 11-2A-306, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-308

Special rights of creditors (1) A creditor of a lessor in possession of goods subject to a lease contract may treat the lease contract as void ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-309

Lessor´s and lessee´s rights when goods become fixtures (1) In this section: (a) Goods are 'fixtures' when they become so related to particular ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-310

Lessor´s and lessee´s rights when goods become accessions (1) Goods are 'accessions' when they are installed in or affixed to other goods. (2) The ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-311

Priority subject to subordination Nothing in this article prevents subordination by agreement by any person entitled to priority. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-401

Insecurity: Adequate assurance of performance (1) A lease contract imposes an obligation on each party that the other´s expectation of receiving due performance will not be ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-402

Anticipatory repudiation If either party repudiates a lease contract with respect to a performance not yet due under the lease contract, the loss of which performance ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-403

Retraction of anticipatory repudiation (1) Until the repudiating party´s next performance is due, the repudiating party can retract the repudiation unless, since the repudiation, the aggrieved ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-404

Substituted performance (1) If without fault of the lessee, the lessor and the supplier, the agreed berthing, loading, or unloading facilities fail or the agreed type ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-405

Excused performance Subject to Code Section 11-2A-404 on substituted performance, the following rules apply: (a) Delay in delivery or nondelivery in whole or in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-406

Procedure on excused performance (1) If the lessee receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under Code Section 11-2A-405, the lessee ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-407

Irrevocable promises: Finance leases (1) In the case of a finance lease that is not a consumer lease the lessee´s promises under the lease contract become ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-501

Default: Procedure (1) Whether the lessor or the lessee is in default under a lease contract is determined by the lease agreement and this article. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-502

Notice after default Except as otherwise provided in this article, applicable statutes, or the lease agreement, the lessor or lessee in default under the lease contract ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-503

Modification or impairment of rights and remedies (1) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the lease agreement may include rights and remedies for default in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-504

Liquidation of damages (1) Damages payable by either party for default, or any other act or omission, including indemnity for loss or diminution of anticipated tax ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-505

Cancellation and termination and effect of cancellation, termination, rescission, or fraud on rights and remedies (1) On cancellation of the lease contract, all obligations that are ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-506

Statute of limitations (1) An action for default under a lease contract, including breach of warranty or indemnity, must be commenced within 4 years after the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-507

Proof of market rent: Time and place (1) Damages based on market rent (Code Section 11-2A-519 or 11-2A-528) are determined according to the rent for the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-508

Lessee´s remedies (1) If a lessor fails to deliver the goods in conformity to the lease contract (Code Section 11-2A-509) or repudiates the lease contract (Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-509

Lessee´s rights on improper delivery; rightful rejection (1) Subject to the provisions of Code Section 11-2A-510 on default in installment lease contracts, if the goods or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-510

Installment lease contracts: Rejection and default (1) Under an installment lease contract a lessee may reject any delivery that is nonconforming if the nonconformity substantially impairs ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-511

Merchant lessee´s duties as to rightfully rejected goods (1) Subject to any security interest of a lessee (Code Section 11-2A-508(5)), if a lessor or a supplier ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-512

Lessee´s duties as to rightfully rejected goods (1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (Code Section 11-2A-511) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-513

Cure by lessor of improper tender or delivery; replacement (1) If any tender or delivery by the lessor or the supplier is rejected because nonconforming and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-514

Waiver of lessee´s objections (1) In rejecting goods, a lessee´s failure to state a particular defect that is ascertainable by reasonable inspection precludes the lessee from ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-515

Acceptance of goods (1) Acceptance of goods occurs after the lessee has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods and (a) The lessee ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-516

Effect of acceptance of goods; notice of default; burden of establishing default after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over (1) A lessee ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-517

Revocation of acceptance of goods (1) A lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot or commercial unit whose nonconformity substantially impairs its value to the lessee ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-518

Cover; substitute goods (1) After a default by a lessor under the lease contract of the type described in Code Section 11-2A-508(1) or, if agreed, after ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-519

Lessee´s damages for nondelivery, repudiation, default, and breach of warranty in regard to accepted goods (1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-520

Lessee´s incidental and consequential damages (1) Incidental damages resulting from a lessor´s default include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation, and care and custody of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-521

Lessee´s right to specific performance or replevin (1) Specific performance may be decreed if the goods are unique or in other proper circumstances. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-522

Lessee´s right to goods on lessor´s insolvency (1) Subject to subsection (2) and even though the goods have not been shipped, a lessee who has paid ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-523

Lessor´s remedies (1) If a lessee wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment when due or repudiates with respect to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-524

Lessor´s right to identify goods to lease contract (1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in Code Section 11-2A-523(1) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-525

Lessor´s right to possession of goods (1) If a lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent, the lessor may refuse to deliver the goods. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-526

Lessor´s stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise (1) A lessor may stop delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee if ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-527

Lessor´s rights to dispose of goods (1) After a default by a lessee under the lease contract of the type described in Code Section 11-2A-523(1) or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-528

Lessor´s damages for nonacceptance, failure to pay, repudiation, or other default (1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement (Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-529

Lessor´s action for the rent (1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in Code Section 11-2A-523(1) or 11-2A-523(3)(a) or, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-530

Lessor´s incidental damages Incidental damages to an aggrieved lessor include any commercially reasonable charges, expenses, or commissions incurred in stopping delivery, in the transportation, care and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-531

Standing to sue third parties for injury to goods (1) If a third party so deals with goods that have been identified to a lease contract ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-2A-532

Lessor´s rights to residual interest In addition to any other recovery permitted by this article or other law, the lessor may recover from the lessee an ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-101

Short title This article may be cited as 'Uniform Commercial Code — Negotiable Instruments.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-102

Subject matter (a) This article applies to negotiable instruments. It does not apply to money, to payment orders governed by Article 4A of this title, or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-103

Definitions (a) In this article: (1) 'Acceptor' means a drawee who has accepted a draft. (2) 'Drawee' means a person ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-104

Negotiable instrument (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section, 'negotiable instrument' means an unconditional promise or order to pay a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-105

Issue of instrument (a) 'Issue' means the first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-106

Unconditional promise or order (a) Except as provided in this Code section, for the purposes of subsection (a) of Code Section 11-3-104, a promise or order ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-107

Instrument payable in foreign money Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the amount payable in foreign money may be paid in the foreign ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-108

Payable on demand or at definite time (a) A promise or order is 'payable on demand' if it (i) states that it is payable on demand ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-109

Payable to bearer or to order (a) A promise or order is payable to bearer if it: (1) States that it is payable ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-110

Identification of person to whom instrument is payable (a) The person to whom an instrument is initially payable is determined by the intent of the person, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-111

Place of payment Except as otherwise provided for items in Article 4 of this title, an instrument is payable at the place of payment stated in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-112

Interest (a) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument (i) an instrument is not payable with interest; and (ii) interest on an interest-bearing instrument is payable from ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-113

Date of instrument (a) An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date stated determines the time of payment if the instrument is payable at a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-114

Contradictory terms of instrument If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over printed terms, handwritten terms prevail over both, and words prevail over numbers. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-115

Incomplete instrument (a) 'Incomplete instrument' means a signed writing, whether or not issued by the signer, the contents of which show at the time of signing ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-116

Joint and several liability; contribution (a) Except as otherwise provided in the instrument, two or more persons who have the same liability on an instrument as ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-117

Other agreements affecting instrument Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous or previous agreements, the obligation of a party to an instrument to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-118

Statute of limitations (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Code section, an action to enforce the obligation of a party to pay a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-119

Notice of right to defend action In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third person is answerable over pursuant to this article ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-201

Negotiation (a) 'Negotiation' means a transfer of possession, whether voluntary or involuntary, of an instrument by a person other than the issuer to a person who ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-202

Negotiation subject to rescission (a) Negotiation is effective even if obtained (i) from an infant, a corporation exceeding its powers, or a person without capacity; (ii) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-203

Transfer of instrument; rights acquired by transfer (a) An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by a person other than its issuer for the purpose ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-204

Indorsement (a) 'Indorsement' means a signature, other than that of a signer as maker, drawer, or acceptor, that alone or accompanied by other words is made ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-205

Special indorsement; blank indorsement; anomalous indorsement (a) If an indorsement is made by the holder of an instrument, whether payable to an identified person or payable ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-206

Restrictive indorsement (a) An indorsement limiting payment to a particular person or otherwise prohibiting further transfer or negotiation of the instrument is not effective to prevent ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-207

Reacquisition Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is transferred to a former holder, by negotiation or otherwise. A former holder who reacquires the instrument may ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-301

Person entitled to enforce instrument 'Person entitled to enforce' an instrument means (i) the holder of the instrument; (ii) a nonholder in possession of the instrument ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-302

Holder in due course (a) Subject to subsection (c) of this Code section and subsection (d) of Code Section 11-3-106, 'holder in due course' means the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-303

Value and consideration (a) An instrument is issued or transferred for value if: (1) The instrument is issued or transferred for a promise ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-304

Overdue instrument (a) An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the earliest of the following times: (1) On the day after the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-305

Defenses and claims in recoupment (a) Except as stated in subsection (b) of this Code section, the right to enforce the obligation of a party to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-306

Claims to an instrument A person taking an instrument, other than a person having rights of a holder in due course, is subject to a claim ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-307

Notice of breach of fiduciary duty (a) In this Code section: (1) 'Fiduciary' means an agent, trustee, partner, corporate officer or director, or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-308

Proof of signatures and status as holder in due course (a) In an action with respect to an instrument, the authenticity of and authority to make ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-309

Enforcement of lost, destroyed, or stolen instrument (a) A person not in possession of an instrument is entitled to enforce the instrument if (i) the person ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-310

Effect of instrument on obligation for which taken (a) Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check, cashier´s check, or teller´s check is taken for an obligation, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-311

Accord and satisfaction by use of instrument (a) If a person against whom a claim is asserted proves that (i) such person in good faith tendered ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-312

Lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier´s check, teller´s check, or certified check (a) In this Code section: (1) 'Check' means a cashier´s check, teller´s ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-401

Signature (a) A person is not liable on an instrument unless (i) the person signed the instrument; or (ii) the person is represented by an agent ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-402

Signature by representative (a) If a person acting or purporting to act as a representative signs an instrument by signing either the name of the represented ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-403

Unauthorized signature (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article or Article 4 of this title, an unauthorized signature is ineffective except as the signature of the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-404

Impostors; fictitious payees (a) If an impostor, by use of the mails or otherwise, induces the issuer of an instrument to issue the instrument to the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-405

Employer´s responsibility for fraudulent indorsement by employee (a) In this Code section: (1) 'Employee' includes an independent contractor and an employee of an ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-406

Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument (a) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially contributes to an alteration of an instrument ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-407

Alteration (a) 'Alteration' means (i) an unauthorized change in an instrument that purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party; or (ii) an ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-408

Drawee not liable on unaccepted draft A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of funds in the hands of the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-409

Acceptance of draft; certified check (a) 'Acceptance' means the drawee´s signed agreement to pay a draft as presented. It must be written on the draft and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-410

Acceptance varying draft (a) If the terms of a drawee´s acceptance vary from the terms of the draft as presented, the holder may refuse the acceptance ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-411

Refusal to pay cashier´s checks, teller´s checks, and certified checks (a) In this Code section, 'obligated bank' means the acceptor of a certified check or the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-412

Obligation of issuer of note or cashier´s check The issuer of a note or cashier´s check or other draft drawn on the drawer is obliged to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-413

Obligation of acceptor (a) The acceptor of a draft is obliged to pay the draft (i) according to its terms at the time it was accepted, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-414

Obligation of drawer (a) This Code section does not apply to cashier´s checks or other drafts drawn on the drawer. (b) If an ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-415

Obligation of indorser (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this Code section and to subsection (d) of Code Section 11-3-419, if an ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-416

Transfer warranties (a) A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants to the transferee and, if the transfer is by indorsement, to any subsequent transferee ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-417

Presentment warranties (a) If an unaccepted draft is presented to the drawee for payment or acceptance and the drawee pays or accepts the draft, the person ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-418

Payment or acceptance by mistake (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, if the drawee of a draft pays or accepts the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-419

Instruments signed for accommodation (a) If an instrument is issued for value given for the benefit of a party to the instrument known as the 'accommodated ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-420

Conversion of instrument (a) The law applicable to conversion of personal property applies to instruments. An instrument is also converted if it is taken by transfer, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-501

Presentment (a) 'Presentment' means a demand made by or on behalf of a person entitled to enforce an instrument to (i) pay the instrument made to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-502

Dishonor (a) Dishonor of a note is governed by the following rules: (1) If the note is payable on demand, the note is ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-503

Notice of dishonor (a) The obligation of an indorser stated in subsection (a) of Code Section 11-3-415 and the obligation of a drawer stated in subsection ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-504

Excused presentment and notice of dishonor (a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is excused if (i) the person entitled to present the instrument ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-505

Evidence of dishonor (a) The following are admissible as evidence and create a presumption of dishonor and of any notice of dishonor stated: ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-601

Discharge and effect of discharge (a) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is discharged as stated in this article or by an act ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-602

Payment (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this Code section, an instrument is paid to the extent payment is made (i) by or on behalf of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-603

Tender of payment (a) If tender of payment of an obligation to pay an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument, the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-604

Discharge by cancellation or renunciation (a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-3-605

Discharge of indorsers and accommodation parties (a) In this Code section, the term 'indorser' includes a drawer having the obligation described in subsection (d) of Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-101

Short title This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Uniform Commercial Code—Funds Transfers.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-102

Subject matter Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 11-4A-108, this article applies to funds transfers defined in Code Section 11-4A-104. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-103

Payment order — Definitions (a) In this article: (1) 'Payment order' means an instruction of a sender to a receiving bank, transmitted orally, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-104

Funds transfer — Definitions In this article: (a) 'Funds transfer' means the series of transactions, beginning with the originator´s payment order, made for ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-105

Other definitions (a) In this article: (1) 'Authorized account' means a deposit account of a customer in a bank designated by the customer ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-106

Time payment order is received (a) The time of receipt of a payment order or communication canceling or amending a payment order is determined by the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-107

Federal Reserve regulations and operating circulars Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and operating circulars of the federal reserve banks supersede ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-108

Exclusion of consumer transactions governed by federal law This article does not apply to a funds transfer any part of which is governed by the Electronic ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-201

Security procedure 'Security procedure' means a procedure established by agreement of a customer and a receiving bank for the purpose of (i) verifying that a payment ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-202

Authorized and verified payment orders (a) A payment order received by the receiving bank is the authorized order of the person identified as sender if that ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-203

Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders (a) If an accepted payment order is not, under Code Section 11-4A-202(a), an authorized order of a customer identified as ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-204

Refund of payment and duty of customer to report with respect to unauthorized payment order (a) If a receiving bank accepts a payment order issued in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-205

Erroneous payment orders (a) If an accepted payment order was transmitted pursuant to a security procedure for the detection of error and the payment order (i) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-206

Transmission of payment order through funds-transfer or other communication system (a) If a payment order addressed to a receiving bank is transmitted to a funds-transfer system ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-207

Misdescription of beneficiary (a) Subject to subsection (b), if, in a payment order received by the beneficiary´s bank, the name, bank account number, or other identification ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-208

Misdescription of intermediary bank or beneficiary´s bank (a) This subsection applies to a payment order identifying an intermediary bank or the beneficiary´s bank only by an ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-209

Acceptance of payment order (a) Subject to subsection (d), a receiving bank other than the beneficiary´s bank accepts a payment order when it executes the order. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-210

Rejection of payment order (a) A payment order is rejected by the receiving bank by a notice of rejection transmitted to the sender orally, electronically, or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-211

Cancellation and amendment of payment order (a) A communication of the sender of a payment order canceling or amending the order may be transmitted to the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-212

Liability and duty of receiving bank regarding unaccepted payment order If a receiving bank fails to accept a payment order that it is obliged by express ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-301

Execution and execution date (a) A payment order is 'executed' by the receiving bank when it issues a payment order intended to carry out the payment ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-302

Obligations of receiving bank in execution of payment order (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (d), if the receiving bank accepts a payment order ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-303

Erroneous execution of payment order (a) A receiving bank that (i) executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order in an amount ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-304

Duty of sender to report erroneously executed payment order If the sender of a payment order that is erroneously executed as stated in Code Section 11-4A-303 ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-305

Liability for late or improper execution or failure to execute payment order (a) If a funds transfer is completed but execution of a payment order by ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-401

Payment date 'Payment date' of a payment order means the day on which the amount of the order is payable to the beneficiary by the beneficiary´s ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-402

Obligation of sender to pay receiving bank (a) This section is subject to Code Sections 11-4A-205 and 11-4A-207. (b) With respect to a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-403

Payment by sender to receiving bank (a) Payment of the sender´s obligation under Code Section 11-4A-402 to pay the receiving bank occurs as follows: ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-404

Obligation of beneficiary´s bank to pay and give notice to beneficiary (a) Subject to Code Sections 11-4A-211(e), 11-4A-405(d), and 11-4A-405(e), if a beneficiary´s bank accepts a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-405

Payment by beneficiary´s bank to beneficiary (a) If the beneficiary´s bank credits an account of the beneficiary of a payment order, payment of the bank´s obligation ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-406

Payment by originator to beneficiary; discharge of underlying obligation (a) Subject to Code Sections 11-4A-211(e), 11-4A-405(d), and 11-4A-405(e), the originator of a funds transfer pays the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-501

Variation by agreement and effect of funds-transfer system rule (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the rights and obligations of a party to a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-502

Creditor process served on receiving bank; setoff by beneficiary´s bank (a) As used in this section, 'creditor process' means levy, attachment, garnishment, notice of lien, sequestration, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-503

Injunction or restraining order with respect to funds transfer For proper cause and in compliance with applicable law, a court may restrain (i) a person from ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-504

Order in which items and payment orders may be charged to account; order of withdrawals from account (a) If a receiving bank has received more than ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-505

Preclusion of objection to debit of customer´s account If a receiving bank has received payment from its customer with respect to a payment order issued in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-506

Rate of interest (a) If, under this article, a receiving bank is obliged to pay interest with respect to a payment order issued to the bank, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-4A-507

Choice of law (a) The following rules apply unless the affected parties otherwise agree or subsection (c) applies: (1) The rights and obligations ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-101

Short title This article may be cited as 'Uniform Commercial Code — Letters of Credit.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-102

Definitions (a) As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Adviser' means a person who at the request of the issuer, a confirmer, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-103

Scope (a) This article applies to letters of credit and to certain rights and obligations arising out of transactions involving letters of credit. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-104

Formal requirements A letter of credit, confirmation, advice, transfer, amendment, or cancellation may be issued in any form that is a record and is authenticated: ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-105

Consideration Consideration is not required to issue, amend, transfer, or cancel a letter of credit, advice, or confirmation. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-106

Issuance, amendment, cancellation, and duration (a) A letter of credit is issued and becomes enforceable according to its terms against the issuer when the issuer sends ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-107

Confirmer, nominated person, and adviser (a) A confirmer is directly obligated on a letter of credit and has the rights and obligations of an issuer to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-108

Issuer´s rights and obligations (a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 11-5-109, an issuer shall honor a presentation that, as determined by the standard practice ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-109

Fraud and forgery (a) If a presentation is made that appears on its face strictly to comply with the terms and conditions of the letter of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-110

Warranties (a) If its presentation is honored, the beneficiary warrants: (1) To the issuer, any other person to whom presentation is made, and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-111

Remedies (a) If an issuer wrongfully dishonors or repudiates its obligation to pay money under a letter of credit before presentation, the beneficiary, successor, or nominated ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-112

Transfer of letter of credit (a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 11-5-113, unless a letter of credit provides that it is transferable the right ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-113

Transfer by operation of law (a) A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and present documents, and receive payment or other items of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-114

Assignment of proceeds (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'proceeds of a letter of credit' means the cash, check, accepted draft, or other ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-115

Statute of limitations An action to enforce a right or obligation arising under this article must be commenced within one year after the expiration date of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-116

Choice of law and forum (a) The liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser for any action or omission is governed by the law of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-117

Subrogation of issuer, applicant, and nominated person (a) An issuer that honors a beneficiary´s presentation is subrogated to the rights of the beneficiary to the same ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-5-118

Security interest of issuer or nominated person (a) An issuer or nominated person has a security interest in a document presented under a letter of credit ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-101

Short title This article shall be known and may be cited as 'Uniform Commercial Code — Bulk Transfers.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-102

'Bulk transfer'; transfers of equipment; enterprises subject to this article; bulk transfers subject to this article (1) A 'bulk transfer' is any transfer in bulk and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-103

Transfers excepted from this article The following transfers are not subject to this article: (1) Those made to give security for the performance ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-104

Schedule of property, list of creditors (1) Except as provided with respect to auction sales (Code Section 11-6-108), a bulk transfer subject to this article is ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-105

Notice to creditors In addition to the requirements of Code Section 11-6-104, any bulk transfer subject to this article except one made by auction sale (Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-106

Definition of public notice Public notice under Code Section 11-6-103 shall be given as follows: by advertising the transfer, giving the name of the transferor, the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-107

The notice (1) The notice to creditors (Code Section 11-6-105) shall state: (a) That a bulk transfer is about to be made; and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-108

Auction sales; 'auctioneer.' (1) A bulk transfer is subject to this article even though it is by sale at auction, but only in the manner and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-109

What creditors protected The creditors of the transferor mentioned in this article are those holding claims based on transactions or events occurring before the bulk transfer, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-110

Subsequent transfers When the title of a transferee to property is subject to a defect by reason of his noncompliance with the requirements of this article, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-6-111

Limitation of actions and levies No action under this article shall be brought nor levy made more than 12 months after the date on which the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-101

Short title This article shall be known and may be cited as 'Uniform Commercial Code — Documents of Title.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-102

Definitions and index of definitions (1) In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) 'Bailee' means the person who by a warehouse ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-103

Relation of article to treaty, statute, tariff, classification, or regulation To the extent that any treaty or statute of the United States, regulatory statute of this ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-104

Negotiable and nonnegotiable warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title (1) A warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title is ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-105

Construction against negative implication The omission from either Part 2 or Part 3 of this article of a provision corresponding to a provision made in the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-201

Who may issue a warehouse receipt; storage under government bond (1) A warehouse receipt may be issued by any warehouseman. (2) Where goods ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-202

Form of warehouse receipt; essential terms; optional terms (1) A warehouse receipt need not be in any particular form. (2) Unless a warehouse ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-203

Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription A party to or purchaser for value in good faith of a document of title other than a bill of lading ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-204

Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouseman´s liability (1) A warehouseman is liable for damages for loss of or injury to the goods caused by his ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-205

Title under warehouse receipt defeated in certain cases A buyer in the ordinary course of business of fungible goods sold and delivered by a warehouseman who ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-206

Termination of storage at warehouseman´s option (1) A warehouseman may on notifying the person on whose account the goods are held and any other person known ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-207

Goods must be kept separate; fungible goods (1) Unless the warehouse receipt otherwise provides, a warehouseman must keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-208

Altered warehouse receipts Where a blank in a negotiable warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a purchaser for value and without notice of the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-209

Lien of warehouseman (1) A warehouseman has a lien against the bailor on the goods covered by a warehouse receipt or on the proceeds thereof in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-210

Enforcement of warehouseman´s lien (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this Code section, a warehouseman´s lien may be enforced by public or private sale ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-301

Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; 'said to contain'; 'shipper´s load and county'; improper handling (1) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill who has given value in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-302

Through bills of lading and similar documents (1) The issuer of a through bill of lading or other document embodying an undertaking to be performed in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-303

Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions (1) Unless the bill of lading otherwise provides, the carrier may deliver the goods to a person or destination other than ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-304

Bills of lading in a set (1) Except where customary in overseas transportation, a bill of lading must not be issued in a set of parts. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-305

Destination bills (1) Instead of issuing a bill of lading to the consignor at the place of shipment a carrier may at the request of the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-306

Altered bills of lading An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-307

Lien of carrier (1) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a bill of lading for charges subsequent to the date of its ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-308

Enforcement of carrier´s lien (1) A carrier´s lien may be enforced by public or private sale of the goods, in bloc or in parcels, at any ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-309

Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier´s liability (1) A carrier who issues a bill of lading whether negotiable or nonnegotiable must exercise the degree of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-401

Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuer The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply to a document of title ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-402

Duplicate receipt or bill; overissue Neither a duplicate nor any other document of title purporting to cover goods already represented by an outstanding document of the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-403

Obligation of warehouseman or carrier to deliver; excuse (1) The bailee must deliver the goods to a person entitled under the document who complies with subsections ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-404

No liability for good faith delivery pursuant to receipt or bill A bailee who in good faith including observance of reasonable commercial standards has received goods ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-501

Form of negotiation and requirements of 'due Negotiation.' (1) A negotiable document of title running to the order of a named person is negotiated by his ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-502

Rights acquired by due negotiation (1) Subject to Code Section 11-7-503 and to the provisions of Code Section 11-7-205 on fungible goods, a holder to whom ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-503

Document of title to goods defeated in certain cases (1) A document of title confers no right in goods against a person who before issuance of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-504

Rights acquired in the absence of due negotiation; effect of diversion; seller´s stoppage of delivery (1) A transferee of a document, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-505

Indorser not a guarantor for other parties The indorsement of a document of title issued by a bailee does not make the indorser liable for any ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-506

Delivery without indorsement; right to compel indorsement The transferee of a negotiable document of title has a specifically enforceable right to have his transferor supply any ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-507

Warranties on negotiation or transfer of receipt or bill Where a person negotiates or transfers a document of title for value otherwise than as a mere ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-508

Warranties of collecting bank as to documents A collecting bank or other intermediary known to be entrusted with documents on behalf of another or with collection ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-509

Receipt or bill: when adequate compliance with commercial contract The question whether a document is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract for sale or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-601

Lost and missing documents (1) If a document has been lost, stolen, or destroyed, a court may order delivery of the goods or issuance of a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-602

Attachment of goods covered by a negotiable document Except where the document was originally issued upon delivery of the goods by a person who had no ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-7-603

Conflicting claims; interpleader If more than one person claims title or possession of the goods, the bailee is excused from delivery until he has had a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-101

Short title This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Uniform Commercial Code—Investment Securities.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-102

Definitions (a) In this article: (1) 'Adverse claim' means a claim that a claimant has a property interest in a financial asset and ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-103

Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets (a) A share or similar equity interest issued by a corporation, business trust, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-104

Acquisition of security or financial asset or interest therein (a) A person acquires a security or an interest therein, under this article, if: (1) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-105

Notice of adverse claim (a) A person has notice of an adverse claim if: (1) The person knows of the adverse claim; ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-106

Control (a) A purchaser has 'control' of a certificated security in bearer form if the certificated security is delivered to the purchaser. (b) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-107

Whether indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is effective (a) 'Appropriate person' means: (1) With respect to an indorsement, the person specified by a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-108

Warranties in direct holding (a) A person who transfers a certificated security to a purchaser for value warrants to the purchaser, and an indorser, if the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-109

Warranties in indirect holding (a) A person who originates an entitlement order to a securities intermediary warrants to the securities intermediary that: (1) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-110

Applicability; choice of law (a) The local law of the issuer´s jurisdiction, as specified in subsection (d) of this Code section, governs: (1) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-111

Clearing corporation rules A rule adopted by a clearing corporation governing rights and obligations among the clearing corporation and its participants in the clearing corporation is ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-112

Creditor´s legal process (a) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security may be reached by a creditor only by actual seizure of the security ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-113

Statute of frauds inapplicable A contract or modification of a contract for the sale or purchase of a security is enforceable whether or not there is ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-114

Evidentiary rules concerning certificated securities The following rules apply in an action on a certificated security against the issuer: (1) Unless specifically denied ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-115

Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant A securities intermediary that has transferred a financial asset pursuant to an effective entitlement order, or a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-116

Securities intermediary as purchaser for value A securities intermediary that receives a financial asset and establishes a security entitlement to the financial asset in favor of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-201

Issuer (a) With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an 'issuer' includes a person that: (1) Places or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-202

Issuer´s responsibility and defenses; notice of defect or defense (a) Even against a purchaser for value and without notice, the terms of a certificated security include ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-203

Staleness as notice of defect or defense After an act or event, other than a call that has been revoked, creating a right to immediate performance ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-204

Effect of issuer´s restriction on transfer A restriction on transfer of a security imposed by the issuer, even if otherwise lawful, is ineffective against a person ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-205

Effect of unauthorized signature on security certificate An unauthorized signature placed on a security certificate before or in the course of issue is ineffective, but the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-206

Completion or alteration of security certificate (a) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-207

Rights and duties of issuer with respect to registered owners (a) Before due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificated security in registered form or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-208

Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar, or transfer agent (a) A person signing a security certificate as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-209

Issuer´s lien A lien in favor of an issuer upon a certificated security is valid against a purchaser only if the right of the issuer to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-210

Overissue (a) In this Code section, 'overissue' means the issue of securities in excess of the amount the issuer has corporate power to issue, but an ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-301

Delivery (a) Delivery of a certificated security to a purchaser occurs when: (1) The purchaser acquires possession of the security certificate; ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-302

Rights of purchaser (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section, a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security acquires ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-303

Protected purchaser (a) 'Protected purchaser' means a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security, or of an interest therein, who: (1) Gives value; ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-304

Indorsement (a) An indorsement may be in blank or special. An indorsement in blank includes an indorsement to bearer. A special indorsement specifies to whom a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-305

Instruction (a) If an instruction has been originated by an appropriate person but is incomplete in any other respect, any person may complete it as authorized ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-306

Effect of guaranteeing signature, indorsement, or instruction (a) A person who guarantees a signature of an indorser of a security certificate warrants that at the time ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-307

Purchaser´s right to requisites for registration of transfer Unless otherwise agreed, the transferor of a security on due demand shall supply the purchaser with proof of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-401

Duty of issuer to register transfer (a) If a certificated security in registered form is presented to an issuer with a request to register transfer or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-402

Assurance that indorsement or instruction is effective (a) An issuer may require the following assurance that each necessary indorsement or each instruction is genuine and authorized: ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-403

Demand that issuer not register transfer (a) A person who is an appropriate person to make an indorsement or originate an instruction may demand that the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-404

Wrongful registration (a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 11-8-406, an issuer is liable for wrongful registration of transfer if the issuer has registered a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-405

Replacement of lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken security certificate (a) If an owner of a certificated security, whether in registered or bearer form, claims that the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-406

Obligation to notify issuer of lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken security certificate If a security certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed, or wrongfully taken, and the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-407

Authenticating trustee, transfer agent, and registrar A person acting as authenticating trustee, transfer agent, registrar, or other agent for an issuer in the registration of a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-501

Securities account; acquisition of security entitlement from securities intermediary (a) 'Securities account' means an account to which a financial asset is or may be credited in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-502

Assertion of adverse claim against entitlement holder An action based on an adverse claim to a financial asset, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-503

Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary (a) To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security entitlements ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-504

Duty of securities intermediary to maintain financial asset (a) A securities intermediary shall promptly obtain and thereafter maintain a financial asset in a quantity corresponding to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-505

Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions (a) A securities intermediary shall take action to obtain a payment or distribution made by the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-506

Duty of securities intermediary to exercise rights as directed by entitlement holder A securities intermediary shall exercise rights with respect to a financial asset if directed ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-507

Duty of securities intermediary to comply with entitlement order (a) A securities intermediary shall comply with an entitlement order if the entitlement order is originated by ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-508

Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder´s position to other form of security holding A securities intermediary shall act at the direction of an entitlement ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-509

Specification of duties of securities intermediary by other statute or regulation; manner of performance of duties of securities intermediary and exercise of rights of entitlement holder ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-510

Rights of purchaser of security entitlement from entitlement holder (a) In a case not covered by the priority rules in Article 9 of this title or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-511

Priority among security interests and entitlement holders (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section, if a securities intermediary does ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-601

Effective date This Act takes effect July 1, 1998. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-602

Repeals This Act repeals Article 15 of Chapter 12 of Title 53, known as the 'Uniform Act for Simplification of Fiduciary Security Transfers,' including Code Section ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-8-603

Savings clause (a) This Act does not affect an action or proceeding commenced before this Act takes effect. (b) If a security interest ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-101

Short title This article may be cited as 'Uniform Commercial Code — Secured Transactions.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-102

Definitions and index of definitions (a) Article 9 definitions. As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Accession' means goods that are physically ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-103

Purchase money security interest; application of payments; burden of establishing (a) Definitions. As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Purchase money ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-104

Control of deposit account (a) Requirements for control. A secured party has control of a deposit account if: (1) The secured party is ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-105

Control of electronic chattel paper A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if the record or records comprising the chattel paper are created, stored, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-106

Control of investment property (a) Control under Code Section 11-8-106. A person has control of a certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement as provided in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-107

Control of letter of credit right A secured party has control of a letter of credit right to the extent of any right to payment or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-108

Sufficiency of description (a) Sufficiency of description. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this Code section, a description of personal or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-109

Scope (a) General scope of article. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section, this article applies to: (1) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-110

Security interests arising under Article 2 or 2A of this title A security interest arising under Code Section 11-2-401 or 11-2-505, subsection (3) of Code Section ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-111

Applicability of bulk transfer laws The creation of a security interest is not a bulk transfer under Article 6 of this title (see Code Section 11-6-103). ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-201

General effectiveness of security agreement (a) General effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in this title, a security agreement is effective according to its terms between the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-202

Title to collateral immaterial Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes, the provisions of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-203

Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds; supporting obligations; formal requisites (a) Attachment. A security interest attaches to collateral when it becomes enforceable against the debtor ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-204

After acquired property; future advances (a) After acquired collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a security agreement may create or ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-205

Use or disposition of collateral permissible (a) When security interest not invalid or fraudulent. A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely because: ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-206

Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset (a) Security interest when person buys through securities intermediary. A security interest in favor of a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-207

Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral (a) Duty of care when secured party in possession. Except as otherwise provided in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-208

Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral (a) Applicability of Code section. This Code section applies to cases in which there is no outstanding ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-209

Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment (a) Applicability of Code section. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-210

Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or statement of account (a) Definitions. As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-301

Law governing perfection and priority of security interests Except as otherwise provided in Code Sections 11-9-303 through 11-9-306, the following rules determine the law governing perfection, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-302

Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens While farm products are located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-303

Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title (a) Applicability of Code section. This Code section applies to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-304

Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts (a) Law of bank´s jurisdiction governs. The local law of a bank´s jurisdiction governs perfection, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-305

Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property (a) Governing law; general rules. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-306

Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter of credit rights (a) Governing law; issuer´s or nominated person´s jurisdiction. Subject to subsection (c) of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-307

Location of debtor (a) 'Place of business.' As used in this Code section, the term 'place of business' means a place where a debtor conducts its ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-308

When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection (a) Perfection of security interest. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section and Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-309

Security interest perfected upon attachment The following security interests are perfected when they attach: (1) A purchase money security interest in consumer goods, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-310

When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply (a) General rule; perfection ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-311

Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations, and treaties (a) Security interest subject to other law. Except as otherwise provided in subsection ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-312

Perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property, letter of credit rights, and money; perfection by permissive filing; temporary ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-313

When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing (a) Perfection by possession or delivery. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-314

Perfection by control (a) Perfection by control. A security interest in investment property, deposit accounts, letter of credit rights, or electronic chattel paper may be perfected ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-315

Secured party´s rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds (a) Disposition of collateral; continuation of security interest or agricultural lien; proceeds. Except as otherwise provided ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-316

Continued perfection of security interest following change in governing law (a) General rule; effect on perfection of change in governing law. A security interest perfected pursuant ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-317

Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien (a) Conflicting security interests and rights of lien creditors. A security interest ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-318

No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-319

Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers (a) Consignee has consignor´s rights. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-320

Buyer of goods (a) Buyer in ordinary course of business. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this Code section, a buyer in ordinary course ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-321

Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business (a) 'Licensee in ordinary course of business.' As used in this Code section, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-322

Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral (a) General priority rules. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, priority among ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-322.1. Crops produced with new value

A perfected security interest in growing crops for new value given to enable the debtor to produce the crops during the production season and given not more than ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-323

Future advances (a) When priority based on time of advance. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, for purposes of determining the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-324

Priority of purchase money security interests (a) General rule; purchase money priority. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this Code section, a perfected purchase ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-325

Priority of security interests in transferred collateral (a) Subordination of security interest in transferred collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-326

Priority of security interests created by new debtor (a) Subordination of security interest created by new debtor. Subject to subsection (b) of this Code section, a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-327

Priority of security interests in deposit account The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same deposit account: (1) A ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-328

Priority of security interests in investment property The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same investment property: (1) A ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-329

Priority of security interests in letter of credit right The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same letter of credit right: ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-330

Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument (a) Purchaser´s priority; security interest claimed merely as proceeds. A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-331

Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents, and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under Article 8 of this title ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-332

Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account (a) Transferee of money. A transferee of money takes the money free of a security interest unless ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-333

Priority of certain liens (a) Year´s support; property taxes; other state taxes; other taxes or judgments. Except as is expressly provided to the contrary elsewhere in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-334

Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops (a) Security interest in fixtures under this article. A security interest under this article may be created in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-335

Accessions (a) Creation of security interest in accession. A security interest may be created in an accession and continues in collateral that becomes an accession. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-336

Commingled goods (a) 'Commingled goods.' As used in this Code section, the term 'commingled goods' means goods that are physically united with other goods in such ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-337

Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title If, while a security interest in goods is perfected by any method under the law ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-338

Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-339

Priority subject to subordination This article does not preclude subordination by agreement by a person entitled to priority. ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-340

Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account (a) Exercise of recoupment or set-off. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-341

Bank´s rights and duties with respect to deposit account Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of Code Section 11-9-340, and unless the bank otherwise agrees ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-342

Bank´s right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control agreement This article does not require a bank to enter into an agreement of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-401

Alienability of debtor´s rights (a) Other law governs alienability; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section and Code Sections 11-9-406, 11-9-407, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-402

Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort The existence of a security interest, agricultural lien, or authority given to a debtor to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-403

Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee (a) 'Value.' As used in this Code section, the term 'value' has the meaning provided in subsection (a) of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-404

Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee (a) Assignee´s rights subject to terms, claims, and defenses; exceptions. Unless an account debtor has made an ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-405

Modification of assigned contract (a) Effect of modification on assignee. A modification of or substitution for an assigned contract is effective against an assignee if made ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-406

Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promissory notes ineffective (a) ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-407

Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in leasehold interest or in lessor´s residual interest (a) Term restricting assignment generally ineffective. Except as otherwise provided ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-408

Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health care insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective (a) Term restricting assignment generally ineffective. Except as otherwise provided in ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-409

Restrictions on assignment of letter of credit rights ineffective (a) Term or law restricting assignment generally ineffective. A term in a letter of credit or a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-501

Filing office (a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, if the law of this state governs perfection of a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-502

Contents of financing statement; real estate mortgages as fixture filings; time of filing financing statement (a) Sufficiency of financing statement. Subject to subsection (b) of this ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-503

Name of debtor and secured party (a) Sufficiency of debtor´s name. A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor: (1) If ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-504

Indication of collateral A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides: (1) A description of the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-505

Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments, and other transactions (a) Use of terms other than 'debtor' and 'secured party.' ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-506

Effect of errors or omissions (a) Minor errors and omissions. A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this part is effective, even if it has ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-507

Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement (a) Disposition. A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-508

Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement (a) Financing statement naming original debtor. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-509

Persons entitled to file a record (a) Person entitled to file record. A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-510

Effectiveness of filed record (a) Filed record effective if authorized. A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-511

Secured party of record (a) Secured party of record. A secured party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-512

Amendment of financing statement (a) Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to Code Section 11-9-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-513

Termination statement (a) Consumer goods. A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-514

Assignment of powers of secured party of record (a) Assignment reflected on initial financing statement. An initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-515

Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement (a) Five-year effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, a ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-516

What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing (a) What constitutes filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, communication of a record to ...

Georgia Commercial Code - Title 11, Section 11-9-517

Effect of indexing errors The failure of the filing office or authority to index a record cor