TITLE 6A
Uniform Commercial Code
CHAPTER 6A-9
Secured Transactions
PART 6A-9-601
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SECTION 6A-9-615
§ 6A-9-615 Application of proceeds of
disposition; liability for deficiency and right to surplus.
(a) Application of proceeds. A secured party shall apply or pay over for
application the cash proceeds of disposition under § 6A-9-610 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) The satisfaction of obligations secured by the security
interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made;
(3) The satisfaction of obligations secured by any
subordinate security interest in or other subordinate lien on the collateral if:
(i) The secured party receives from the holder of the
subordinate security interest or other lien an authenticated demand for
proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is completed; and
(ii) In a case in which a consignor has an interest in the
collateral, the subordinate security interest or other lien is senior to the
interest of the consignor; and
(4) A secured party that is a consignor of the collateral if
the secured party receives from the consignor an authenticated demand for
proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is completed.
(b) Proof of subordinate interest. If requested by a
secured party, a holder of a subordinate security interest or other lien shall
furnish reasonable proof of the interest or lien within a reasonable time.
Unless the holder does so, the secured party need not comply with the holder's
demand under subsection (a)(3).
(c) Application of noncash proceeds. A secured party
need not apply or pay over for application noncash proceeds of disposition
under § 6A-9-610 unless the failure to do so would be commercially
unreasonable. A secured party that applies or pays over for application noncash
proceeds shall do so in a commercially reasonable manner.
(d) Surplus or deficiency if obligation secured. If
the security interest under which a disposition is made secures payment or
performance of an obligation, after making the payments and applications
required by subsection (a) and permitted by subsection (c):
(1) Unless subsection (a)(4) requires the secured party to
apply or pay over cash proceeds to a consignor, the secured party shall account
to and pay a debtor for any surplus; and
(2) The obligor is liable for any deficiency.
(e) No surplus or deficiency in sales of certain rights to
payment. If the underlying transaction is a sale of accounts, chattel paper,
payment intangibles, or promissory notes:
(1) The debtor is not entitled to any surplus; and
(2) The obligor is not liable for any deficiency.
(f) Calculation of surplus or deficiency in disposition to
person related to secured party. The surplus or deficiency following a
disposition is calculated based on the amount of proceeds that would have been
realized in a disposition complying with this part to a transferee other than
the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary
obligor if:
(1) The transferee in the disposition is the secured party, a
person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor; and
(2) The amount of proceeds of the disposition is
significantly below the range of proceeds that a complying disposition to a
person other than the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or
a secondary obligor would have brought.
(g) Cash proceeds received by junior secured party. A
secured party that receives cash proceeds of a disposition in good faith and
without knowledge that the receipt violates the rights of the holder of a
security interest or other lien that is not subordinate to the security
interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made:
(1) Takes the cash proceeds free of the security interest or
other lien;
(2) Is not obligated to apply the proceeds of the disposition
to the satisfaction of obligations secured by the security interest or other
lien; and
(3) Is not obligated to account to or pay the holder of the
security interest or other lien for any surplus.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2000, ch. 182, § 6; P.L. 2000, ch. 420, § 6.)