§ 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) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section and subsection 9—312(b) of this title, a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural
liens.
(b) The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest:
(1) that is perfected under subsection 9—308(d), (e), (f), or (g) of this title;
(2) that is perfected under section 9—309 of this title when it attaches;
(3) in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection 9—311(a) of this title;
(4) in goods in possession of a bailee which is perfected under subdivision 9—312(d)(1)
or (2) of this title;
(5) in certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without
filing, control, or possession under subsection 9—312(e), (f), or (g) of this title;
(6) in collateral in the secured party’s possession under section 9—313 of this title;
(7) in a certificated security which is perfected by delivery of the security certificate
to the secured party under section 9—313 of this title;
(8) in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles,
deposit accounts, electronic documents, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights
which is perfected by control under section 9—314 of this title;
(8.1) in chattel paper which is perfected by possession and control under section 9—314A of this title;
(9) in proceeds which is perfected under section 9—315 of this title; or
(10) that is perfected under section 9—316 of this title.
(c) If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing
under this article is not required to continue the perfected status of the security
interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor. (Added 1999, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; amended 2015, No. 51, § B.9, eff. June 3, 2015; 2025, No. 17, § 9, eff. July 1, 2025.)