Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 272
Section 409.805 - Effectiveness of action taken before effective date(1) PREEFFECTIVE-DATE FILING EFFECTIVE. The filing of a financing statement before July 1, 2013, is effective to perfect a security interest to the extent the filing would satisfy the applicable requirements for perfection under this chapter, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 206.(2) WHEN PREEFFECTIVE-DATE FILING BECOMES INEFFECTIVE. 2011 Wisconsin Act 206 does not render ineffective an effective financing statement that, before July 1, 2013, is filed and satisfies the applicable requirements for perfection under the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in ch. 409, 2009 stats. However, except as otherwise provided in subs. (3) and (4) and s. 409.806 , the financing statement ceases to be effective:(a) If the financing statement is filed in this state, at the time the financing statement would have ceased to be effective had 2011 Wisconsin Act 206 not taken effect; or(b) If the financing statement is filed in another jurisdiction, at the earlier of: 1. The time the financing statement would have ceased to be effective under the law of that jurisdiction; or(3) CONTINUATION STATEMENT. The filing of a continuation statement on or after July 1, 2013, does not continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013. However, upon the timely filing of a continuation statement on or after July 1, 2013, and in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this chapter, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 206, the effectiveness of a financing statement filed in the same office in that jurisdiction before July 1, 2013, continues for the period provided by the law of that jurisdiction.(4) APPLICATION OF SUB. (2) (B) 2. TO TRANSMITTING UTILITY FINANCING STATEMENT. Subsection (2) (b) 2. applies to a financing statement that, before July 1, 2013, is filed against a transmitting utility and satisfies the applicable requirements for perfection under the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in ch. 409, 2009 stats., only to the extent that this chapter, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 206, provides that the law of a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed governs perfection of a security interest in collateral covered by the financing statement.(5) APPLICATION OF SUBCH. V. A financing statement that includes a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013, and a continuation statement filed on or after July 1, 2013, is effective only to the extent that it satisfies the requirements of subch. V, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 206, for an initial financing statement. A financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a decedent's estate indicates that the collateral is being administered by a personal representative within the meaning of s. 409.503(1) (b) , as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 206. A financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a trust or is a trustee acting with respect to property held in trust indicates that the collateral is held in a trust within the meaning of s. 409.503(1) (c) , as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 206.This section is created eff. 7-1-13 by 2011 Wis. Act. 206.