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Learning Benchmarks 2
Learning Benchmarks 2
Learning Benchmarks 2
Section II-E
1. Chattel mortgages and contractual pledges have been replaced by personal property security
agreements under the Personal Property Security Act (PPSA). Discuss:
a. When is the PPSA deemed effective? Has the registry been established?
b. What is the scope of the PPSA? What is the concept of a security agreement under the
PPSA?
c. Who are the parties to a security agreement? What is the form required for a security
agreement? How should collateral be described?
2. Explain the concept of a security interest. How is a security interest created? What kind of
property may be the subject of a security interest? Can it cover future property? What is the
binding effect of a security agreement?
3. Security interests must not only be created but must also be perfected. Explain the concept of
perfection of a security interest. Is it similar to the concept of perfection of contracts under the
Civil Code? What is the effect when a security interest is perfected? Is perfection necessary to
bind third parties?
4. After a security interest is perfected, what would be the effect of a disposition of the secured
property by the grantor? Can a secured creditor assign a security interest?
5. What are the means of perfecting a security interest? What are the applicable means of
perfection for tangible assets and intangible assets, investment property and deposit accounts?
6. What is the registry and what is its importance with respect to personal property security? What
is a notice, and when is a notice considered sufficient and effective? When is a notice
terminated?
8. A security interest may be enforced through the following: (a) recovery; (b) disposition; or (c)
retention. Discuss each of these remedies (concept, grounds and requirements).
9. What is the right of redemption? When is it available, who may exercise it and how is it
exercised?
10. Who has the right to enforce a security interest? How is priority of security interests or liens
determined?