Tex.
Bus. & Com. Code Section 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) and Section 9.312 (Perfection of Security Interests in Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Documents, and Goods Covered by Documents, Instruments, Investment Property, Virtual Currencies, Letter-of-credit Rights, and Money; Perfection by Permissive Filing; Temporary Perfection Without Filing or Transfer of Possession)(b), 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 Section 9.308 (When Security Interest or Agricultural Lien Is Perfected; Continuity of Perfection)(d), (e), (f), or (g);(2)
that is perfected under Section 9.309 (Security Interest Perfected Upon Attachment) when it attaches;(3)
in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Section 9.311 (Perfection of Security Interests in Property Subject to Certain Statutes, Regulations, and Treaties)(a);(4)
in goods in possession of a bailee that is perfected under Section 9.312 (Perfection of Security Interests in Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Documents, and Goods Covered by Documents, Instruments, Investment Property, Virtual Currencies, Letter-of-credit Rights, and Money; Perfection by Permissive Filing; Temporary Perfection Without Filing or Transfer of Possession)(d)(1) or (2);(5)
in certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control or possession under Section 9.312 (Perfection of Security Interests in Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Documents, and Goods Covered by Documents, Instruments, Investment Property, Virtual Currencies, Letter-of-credit Rights, and Money; Perfection by Permissive Filing; Temporary Perfection Without Filing or Transfer of Possession)(e), (f), or (g);(6)
in collateral in the secured party’s possession under Section 9.313 (When Possession by or Delivery to Secured Party Perfects Security Interest Without Filing);(7)
in a certificated security that is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under Section 9.313 (When Possession by or Delivery to Secured Party Perfects Security Interest Without Filing);(8)
in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, electronic documents, investment property, virtual currencies, or letter-of-credit rights that is perfected by control under Section 9.314 (Perfection by Control);(9)
in proceeds that is perfected under Section 9.315 (Secured Party’s Rights on Disposition of Collateral and in Proceeds); or(10)
that is perfected under Section 9.316 (Effect of Change in Governing Law).(c)
If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this Chapter is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.
Source:
Section 9.310 — When Filing Required to Perfect Security Interest or Agricultural Lien; Security Interests and Agricultural Liens to Which Filing Provisions Do Not Apply, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.9.htm#9.310 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
