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409.611 Notification before disposition of collateral.409.611(1)
(1) Notification date. In this section, "notification date" means the earlier of the date on which:409.611(1)(a)
(a) A secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor an authenticated notification of disposition; or409.611(1)(b)
(b) The debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification.409.611(2)
(2) Notification of disposition required. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4), a secured party that disposes of collateral under s. 409.610 shall send to the persons specified in sub. (3) a reasonable, authenticated notification of disposition.409.611(3)
(3) Persons to be notified. To comply with sub. (2), the secured party shall send an authenticated notification of disposition to:409.611(3)(a)
(a) The debtor;409.611(3)(b)
(b) Any secondary obligor; and409.611(3)(c)
(c) If the collateral is other than consumer goods:409.611(3)(c)1.
1. Any other person from which the secured party has received, before the notification date, an authenticated notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral;409.611(3)(c)2.
2. Any other secured party or lienholder that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral perfected by the filing of a financing statement that:409.611(3)(c)2.a.
a. Identified the collateral;409.611(3)(c)2.b.
b. Was indexed under the debtor's name as of that date; and409.611(3)(c)2.c.
c. Was filed in the office in which to file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and409.611(3)(c)3.
3. Any other secured party that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in s. 409.311 (1).409.611(4)
(4) Subsection (2) inapplicable: perishable collateral; recognized market. Subsection (2) does not apply if the collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market.409.611(5)
(5) Compliance with sub. (3) (c) 2. A secured party complies with the requirement for notification prescribed by sub. (3) (c) 2. if:409.611(5)(a)
(a) Not later than 20 days or earlier than 30 days before the notification date, the secured party requests, in a commercially reasonable manner, information concerning financing statements indexed under the debtor's name in the office indicated in sub. (3) (c) 2.; and409.611(5)(b)
(b) Before the notification date, the secured party:409.611(5)(b)1.
1. Did not receive a response to the request for information; or409.611(5)(b)2.
2. Received a response to the request for information and sent an authenticated notification of disposition to each secured party or other lienholder named in that response whose financing statement covered the collateral.409.611 - ANNOT.
History: 2001 a. 10.