§25-9-108. Sufficiency of description


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  • (a)        Sufficiency of description. - Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section, a description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.

    (b)        Examples of reasonable identification. - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a description of collateral reasonably identifies the collateral if it identifies the collateral by:

    (1)        Specific listing;

    (2)        Category;

    (3)        Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, a type of collateral defined in this Chapter;

    (4)        Quantity;

    (5)        Computational or allocational formula or procedure; or

    (6)        Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, any other method, if the identity of the collateral is objectively determinable.

    (c)        Supergeneric description not sufficient. - A description of collateral as "all the debtor's assets" or "all the debtor's personal property" or using words of similar import does not reasonably identify the collateral.

    (d)       Investment property. - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, a description of a security entitlement, securities account, or commodity account is sufficient if it describes:

    (1)        The collateral by those terms or as investment property; or

    (2)        The underlying financial asset or commodity contract.

    (e)        When description by type insufficient. - A description only by type of collateral defined in this Chapter is an insufficient description of:

    (1)        A commercial tort claim; or

    (2)        In a consumer transaction, consumer goods, a security entitlement, a securities account, or a commodity account.

(1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1975, c. 862, s. 7; 2000-169, s. 1.)