In this lesson, we’ll learn the five main ways a creditor can perfect an attached security interest.

Perfection

Recall that the two most important steps that a creditor  must take to create an enforceable security interest under Article 9 are attachment and perfection. This lesson is about the second step, perfection. Perfection isn’t so much about the secured creditor’s rights against the debtor as it is about the secured creditor’s priority relative to others with possible claims...