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A secured transaction is an agreement between two parties in which one of the parties gives property (other than real estate) as collateral, or security, for a loan.

After that time, the secured creditor must re-perfect in the new state in order to retain the priority of his or her interest on the collateral. A financing statement is effective for five years from the date it is filed. If it is not renewed, it lapsed (becomes worthless).

The secured transaction always involves a debtor, a secured party, a security agreement, a security interest, and collateral. Article 9 applies to any transaction ?that creates a security interest.? The UCC in Section 1-201(35) defines security interest.

Since a financing statement merely indicates that a security interest has been or will be created, and the Code allows the financing statement to be filed before the security interest is actually created, the debtor and creditor may de- cide to file a financing statement first.

Article 9 contains a statute of frauds which requires a security agreement to be in writing unless it is pledged. See § 9-203(1) of the code. A pledged security agreement arises when the borrower transfers the collateral to the lender in exchange for a loan (e.g., a pawnbroker).

The law of secured transactions consists of five principal components: (1) the nature of property that can be the subject of a security interest; (2) the methods of creating the security interest; (3) the perfection of the security interest against claims of others; (4) priorities among secured and unsecured creditors? ...