Section 9--703. Security Interest Perfected Before Effective Date  


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  • (a) Continuing  priority  over  lien creditor: perfection requirements
      satisfied. A security interest that is  enforceable  immediately  before
      Revised  Article  9 takes effect and would have priority over the rights
      of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that  time  is  a  perfected
      security  interest  under  Revised  Article 9 if, when Revised Article 9
      takes  effect,  the  applicable  requirements  for  enforceability   and
      perfection under Revised Article 9 are satisfied without further action.
        (b) Continuing  priority  over  lien creditor: perfection requirements
      not satisfied. Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  Section  9--705  and
      subsection  (c),  if,  immediately  before  this article takes effect, a
      security interest is enforceable and would have priority over the rights
      of a person  that  becomes  a  lien  creditor  at  that  time,  but  the
      applicable  requirements  for  enforceability  or  perfection under this
      article are not satisfied when this article takes effect,  the  security
      interest:
             (1) is  a  perfected  security  interest  for one year after this
                 article takes effect;
             (2) remains enforceable thereafter only if the security  interest
                 becomes  enforceable  under  Section  9--203  before the year
                 expires; and
             (3) remains  perfected  thereafter   only   if   the   applicable
                 requirements  for perfection under this article are satisfied
                 before the year expires.
        (c) Special rule for cooperative  interests:  perfection  requirements
      not  satisfied. If, immediately before Revised Article 9 takes effect, a
      security interest in a cooperative interest  is  enforceable  and  would
      have  priority  over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor
      at that time, but  the  applicable  requirements  for  perfection  under
      Revised Article 9 are not satisfied when Revised Article 9 takes effect,
      the security interest:
             (1) is  a  perfected  security interest for 5 years after Revised
                 Article 9 takes effect; and
             (2) remains  perfected  thereafter   only   if   the   applicable
                 requirements  for  perfection  under  Revised  Article  9 are
                 satisfied before the 5 years expire.