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HomeCommercial CodeDiv. 9Ch. 5§ 9514 Financing Statement Assignment Rules

§ 9514 Financing Statement Assignment Rules

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§ 9514 Financing Statement Assignment Rules

Key Takeaways

  • •If you lend money and use something valuable (like a car or house) as a promise to pay back, you can let someone else take over your rights to that promise.
  • •To let someone else take over, you must tell the official records office who the new person is and where they live.
  • •If the valuable thing is part of a building (like a furnace), you have to follow special rules for buildings, not the regular rules.

Example

You lent money to your friend, and they promised to pay you back using their car as a guarantee. Now, you want to let your sister take over this promise instead of you.

You can tell the official records office that your sister is now the one who gets the promise (the car) if your friend doesn’t pay. You have to give them your sister’s name and address so it’s all official.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 9514 Financing Statement Assignment Rules

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party’s power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), a secured party of record may assign all or part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement which does all of the following: (1) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates. (2) Provides the name of the assignor. (3) Provides the name and mailing address of the assignee. (c) An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under subdivision (c) of Section 9502 may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this state other than the Uniform Commercial Code. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991 and Section 9701.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

initial financing statementsecured partyassignment

Related Statutes

  • § 9516 Filing Office Record Acceptance
  • § 9518 Correcting Financing Statements
  • § 9519 Filing Office Record Requirements
  • § 9502 Financing Statement Requirements
  • § 9505 Financing Statement Filing Terms

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Commercial Code. Section 9514.
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