§490:9-512  Amendment of financing
statement.  (a)  Subject to section 490:9-509, a person may add or delete
collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject
to subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing
statement by filing an amendment that:



(1)  Identifies, by its file number, the initial
financing statement to which the amendment relates; and



(2)  If the amendment relates to an initial financing
statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in section
490:9-501(a)(1), provides the information specified in section 490:9-502(b).



(b)  Except as otherwise provided in section
490:9-515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of
effectiveness of the financing statement.



(c)  A financing statement that is amended by
an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only
from the date of the filing of the amendment.



(d)  A financing statement that is amended by
an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from
the date of the filing of the amendment.



(e)  An amendment is ineffective to the extent
it:



(1)  Purports to delete all debtors and fails to
provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or



(2)  Purports to delete all secured parties of record
and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record. [L 2000, c 241,
pt of §1]