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...(A) After default, a secured party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the collateral in its present condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing. (B) Every aspect of a disposition of collateral, including the method, manner, time, place, and other terms, must be commercially reasonable. If commercially reasonable, a secured party may dispose of collateral...

...(A) As used in this section, "notification date" means the earlier of the date on which: (1) A secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor an authenticated notification of disposition. or (2) The debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a secured party who disposes of collateral under section 1309.610 of the Revised Co...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, whether a notification is sent within a reasonable time is a question of fact. (B) A notification of disposition sent after default and ten days or more before the earliest time of disposition set forth in the notification is sent within a reasonable time before the disposition.

...(A) Except in a consumer-goods transaction, all of the following rules apply to a notification of disposition of collateral and to a disposition of collateral: (1) The contents of a notification of disposition are sufficient if the notification: (a) Describes the debtor and the secured party; (b) Describes the collateral that is the subject of the intended disposition; (c) States the method of intended dispositio...

...(A) In a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply: (1) A notification of disposition must provide all of the following information: (a) The information specified in division (A)(1) of section 1309.613 of the Revised Code; (b) A description of any liability for a deficiency of the person to whom the notification is sent; (c) A telephone number from which the amount that must be paid to the secured par...

...(A) A secured party shall apply or pay over for application the cash proceeds of disposition under section 1309.610 of the Revised Code in the following order to: (1) The reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for disposition, processing, and disposing, and, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by law, reasonable attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party; (2...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Explanation" means a writing that: (a) States the amount of the surplus or deficiency; (b) Provides an explanation in accordance with division (C) of this section of how the secured party calculated the surplus or deficiency; (c) States, if applicable, that future debits, credits, charges, including additional credit service charges or interest, rebates, and expenses may affect t...

...(A) A secured party's disposition of collateral after default: (1) Transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor's rights in the collateral; (2) Discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made; and (3) Discharges any subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien other than the liens specified in division (D) of section 1309.109 of the Revised Code. (B) A transferee who acts ...

...(A) A secondary obligor acquires the rights and becomes obligated to perform the duties of the secured party after the secondary obligor: (1) Receives an assignment of a secured obligation from the secured party; (2) Receives a transfer of collateral from the secured party and agrees to accept the rights and assume the duties of the secured party; or (3) Is subrogated to the rights of a secured party with respect...

...(A) As used in this section, "transfer statement" means a record authenticated by a secured party that states: (1) The debtor has defaulted in connection with an obligation secured by specified collateral; (2) The secured party has exercised its post-default remedies with respect to the collateral; (3) By reason of the exercise, a transferee has acquired the rights of the debtor in the collateral; and (4) The nam...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of this section, a secured party may accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if: (1) The debtor consents to the acceptance under division (C) of this section; (2) The secured party, within the time prescribed in division (D) of this section, does not receive a notification of objection to the proposal authenticated by: (a)...

...(A) A secured party who desires to accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures shall send its proposal to: (1) Any person from whom the secured party has received, before the debtor consented to the acceptance, an authenticated notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral; (2) Any other secured party or lienholder who, ten days before the debtor consented to the accept...

...(A) A secured party's acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures: (1) Discharges the obligation to the extent consented to by the debtor; (2) Transfers to the secured party all of a debtor's rights in the collateral; (3) Discharges the security interest or agricultural lien that is the subject of the debtor's consent and any subordinate security interest or other subordin...

...(A) A debtor, any secondary obligor, or any other secured party or lienholder may redeem collateral. (B) To redeem collateral, a person shall tender: (1) Fulfillment of all obligations secured by the collateral; and (2) The reasonable expenses and attorney's fees described in division (A)(1) of section 1309.615 of the Revised Code. (C) A redemption may occur at any time before a secured party: (1) Has collected ...

...(A) A debtor or secondary obligor may waive the right to notification of disposition of collateral under section 1309.611 of the Revised Code only by an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated after default. (B) A debtor may waive the right to require disposition of collateral under division (E) of section 1309.620 of the Revised Code only by an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated...

...(A) If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with this chapter, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions. (B) Subject to divisions (C), (D), and (F) of this section, a person is liable for damages in the amount of any loss caused by a failure to comply with this chapter. Loss caused by a failure to comply ...

...In an action arising from a transaction in which the amount of a deficiency or surplus is in issue, the following rules apply: (A) A secured party is not required to prove compliance with sections 1309.601 to 1309.628 of the Revised Code relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance unless the debtor or a secondary obligor places the secured party's compliance in issue. (B) If the secured party's ...

...(A) The fact that a greater amount could have been obtained by a collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance at a different time or in a different method from that selected by the secured party is not of itself sufficient to preclude the secured party from establishing that the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was made in a commercially reasonable manner. (B) A disposition of collateral is...

...(A) Unless a secured party knows that a person is a debtor or obligor, knows the identity of the person, and knows how to communicate with the person: (1) The secured party is not liable to the person, or to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against the person, for failure to comply with this chapter; and (2) The failure of the secured party to comply with this chapter does not affe...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this chapter applies to a transaction or lien within the scope of this chapter even if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before July 1, 2001. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section and sections 1309.703 to 1309.709 of the Revised Code: (1) Transactions or liens that were not governed by this chapter as it existed before J...

...(A) A security interest that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2001, and that would have priority over the rights of a person who becomes a lien creditor at that time is a perfected security interest under this chapter if, on July 1, 2001, the applicable requirements for enforceability and perfection under this chapter are satisfied without further action. (B) Except as otherwise provided in section 1309.70...

...A security interest that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2001, but that would be subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time: (A) Remains an enforceable security interest until July 1, 2002; (B) Remains enforceable after July 1, 2002, if the security interest becomes enforceable under section 1309.203 of the Revised Code on July 1, 2001, or by July 1, 2002; and (C) Be...

...(A) If action, other than the filing of a financing statement, is taken before July 1, 2001, and if the action would have resulted in priority of a security interest over the rights of a person who becomes a lien creditor had the security interest become enforceable before that date, the action is effective to perfect a security interest that attaches under this chapter within one year after that date. An attached se...

...(A) The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in section 1309.501 of the Revised Code continues the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001, if: (1) The filing of an initial financing statement in that office would be effective to perfect a security interest under this chapter. (2) The financing statement filed before July 1, 2001, was filed in an office in anoth...

...(A) As used in this section, "pre-effective-date financing statement" means a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001. (B) On or after July 1, 2001, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as prov...