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    (810 ILCS 5/Art. 11 heading)
ARTICLE 11
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION
AMENDATORY ACT OF 1972

    (810 ILCS 5/11-101) (from Ch. 26, par. 11-101)
    Sec. 11-101. Effective Date.
    This amendatory Act of 1972 shall take effect at 12:01 A.M. on July 1, 1973.
(Source: P.A. 77-2810.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11-102) (from Ch. 26, par. 11-102)
    Sec. 11-102. Preservation of Old Transition Provision.
    The provisions of Article 10 of the "Uniform Commercial Code", approved July 31, 1961, as amended, shall continue to apply to this amendatory Act of 1972 and for this purpose the Uniform Commercial Code, approved July 31, 1961, as amended, and this amendatory Act of 1972 shall be considered one continuous statute.
(Source: P.A. 77-2810.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11-103) (from Ch. 26, par. 11-103)
    Sec. 11-103. Transition to Amendatory Act of 1972; General Rule.
    Transactions validly entered into after July 1, 1962 and before July 1, 1973 and which were subject to the provisions of the "Uniform Commercial Code", approved July 31, 1961, as amended, and which would be subject to this amendatory Act of 1972 if they had been entered into after July 1, 1973 and the rights, duties and interest flowing from such transactions remain valid after the latter date, and may be terminated, completed, consummated or enforced as required or permitted by this amendatory Act of 1972. Security interests arising out of such transactions which are perfected when this amendatory Act of 1972 becomes effective shall remain perfected until they lapse as provided in this amendatory Act of 1972, and may be continued as permitted by this amendatory Act of 1972, except as stated in Section 11-105.
(Source: P.A. 78-238.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11-104) (from Ch. 26, par. 11-104)
    Sec. 11-104. Transition Provision on Change or Requirement of Filing.
    A security interest for the perfection of which filing or the taking of possession was required under the Uniform Commercial Code, approved July 31, 1961, as amended, and which attached prior to July 1, 1973, but was not perfected shall be deemed perfected on July 1, 1973 if this amendatory Act of 1972 permits perfection without filing or authorizes filing in the office or offices where a prior ineffective filing was made.
(Source: P.A. 77-2810.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11-105) (from Ch. 26, par. 11-105)
    Sec. 11-105. Transition Provision on Change of Place of Filing.
    (1) A financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to July 1, 1973 which shall not have lapsed prior to July 1, 1973 shall remain effective for the period provided in the Uniform Commercial Code, approved July 31, 1961, as amended, but not less than 5 years after the filing.
    (2) With respect to any collateral acquired by the debtor subsequent to July 1, 1973 any effective financing statement or continuation statement described in this Section shall apply only if the filing or filings are in the office or offices that would be appropriate to perfect the security interests in the new collateral under this amendatory Act of 1972.
    (3) The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to July 1, 1973 may be continued by a continuation statement as permitted by this amendatory Act of 1972, except that if this amendatory Act of 1972 requires a filing in an office where there was no previous financing statement, a new financing statement conforming to Section 11-106 shall be filed in that office.
    (4) If the record of a mortgage of real estate would have been effective as a fixture filing of goods described therein if this amendatory Act of 1972 had been in effect on the date of recording the mortgage, the mortgage shall be deemed effective as a fixture filing as to such goods under subsection (6) of Section 9-402 of this amendatory Act of 1972 on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1972.
(Source: P.A. 77-2810.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11-106) (from Ch. 26, par. 11-106)
    Sec. 11-106. Required Refilings.
    (1) If a security interest is perfected or has priority when this amendatory Act of 1972 takes effect as to all persons or as to certain persons without any filing or recording, and if the filing of a financing statement would be required for the perfection or priority of the security interest against those persons under this amendatory Act of 1972, the perfection and priority rights of the security interest continue until 3 years after July 1, 1973. The perfection will then lapse unless a financing statement is filed as provided in subsection (4) or unless the security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing.
    (2) If a security interest is perfected when this amendatory Act of 1972 takes effect under a law other than the Uniform Commercial Code which requires no further filing, refiling or recording to continue its perfection, perfection continues until and will lapse 3 years after this amendatory Act of 1972 takes effect, unless a financing statement is filed as provided in subsection (4) or unless the security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing, or unless under subsection (3) of Section 9-302 the other law continues to govern filing.
    (3) If a security interest is perfected by a filing, refiling or recording under a law repealed by this amendatory Act of 1972 which required further filing, refiling or recording to continue its perfection, perfection continues and will lapse on the date provided by the law so repealed for such further filing, refiling or recording unless a financing statement is filed as provided in subsection (4) or unless the security interest is perfected otherwise than by filing.
    (4) A financing statement may be filed within 6 months before the perfection of a security interest would otherwise lapse. Any such financing statement may be signed by either the debtor or the secured party. It must identify the security agreement, statement or notice (however denominated in any statute or other law repealed or modified by this amendatory Act of 1972), state the office where and the date when the last filing, refiling or recording, if any, was made with respect thereto, and the filing number, if any, or book and page, if any, of recording and further state that the security agreement, statement or notice, however denominated, in another filing office under the Uniform Commercial Code or under any statute or other law repealed or modified by this amendatory Act of 1972 is still effective. Section 9-401 and Section 9-103 determine the proper place to file such a financing statement. Except as specified in this subsection, the provisions of Section 9-403 (3) for continuation statements apply to such a financing statement.
(Source: P.A. 77-2810.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11-107) (from Ch. 26, par. 11-107)
    Sec. 11-107. Transition Provisions as to Priorities.
    Except as otherwise provided in Article 11, the Uniform Commercial Code, approved July 31, 1961, as amended, shall apply to any questions of priority if the positions of the parties were fixed prior to July 1, 1973. In other cases questions of priority shall be determined by this amendatory Act of 1972.
(Source: P.A. 77-2810.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11-108) (from Ch. 26, par. 11-108)
    Sec. 11-108. Presumption that Rule of Law Continues Unchanged.
    Unless a change in law has clearly been made, the provisions of this amendatory Act of 1972 shall be deemed declaratory of the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, approved July 31, 1961, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 77-2810.)


 
    (810 ILCS 5/Art. 11A heading) (was 810 ILCS 5/Art. 12 heading)
ARTICLE 11A
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION
AMENDATORY ACT OF 1987
(Until January 1, 2025, the text of this Section appears at 810 ILCS 5/Art. 12 heading)
(Source: P.A. 103-1036, eff. 1-1-25.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11A-101) (was 810 ILCS 5/12-101)
    Sec. 11A-101. Effective Date. This amendatory Act of 1987 shall take effect on January 1, 1988.
(Source: P.A. 103-1036, eff. 1-1-25.)

    (810 ILCS 5/11A-102) (was 810 ILCS 5/12-102)
    Sec. 11A-102. Transition to Amendatory Act of 1987.
    (1) Transactions validly entered into after July 1, 1962 and before January 1, 1988 and which were subject to the provisions of the "Uniform Commercial Code", approved July 31, 1961, as amended, and which would be subject to this amendatory Act of 1987 if they had been entered into after December 31, 1987 and the rights, duties and interest flowing from such transactions remain valid after the latter date, and may be terminated, completed, consummated or enforced as required or permitted by this amendatory Act of 1987. Security interests arising out of such transactions which are perfected when this amendatory Act of 1987 becomes effective shall remain perfected until they lapse as provided in this amendatory Act of 1987, and may be continued as permitted by this amendatory Act of 1987.
    (2) The persons shown on the books of the issuer as the holders of uncertificated securities outstanding when this amendatory Act of 1987 becomes effective shall be deemed to be the registered owners thereof. Prior to the 90th day after this amendatory Act of 1987 takes effect, the issuer of any uncertificated security outstanding when this amendatory Act of 1987 takes effect shall send to the registered owner a written statement containing:
    (a) A description of the issue of which the uncertificated security is a part;
    (b) The number of shares or other units owned by the registered owner;
    (c) The name and address and (if known to the issuer) any taxpayer identification number of the registered owner;
    (d) A notation of any liens or restrictions of the issuer and any adverse claims (as to which the issuer has a duty under Section 8-403(4)) to which the uncertificated security is or may be subject at the time when the statement is prepared or a statement that there are no such liens, restrictions or adverse claims; and
    (e) The date the statement was prepared.
    Statements sent pursuant to this subsection shall be signed by or on behalf of the issuer; shall be identified as "initial transaction statement"; and shall be deemed to be initial transaction statements for the purposes of Article 8 as amended by this amendatory Act of 1987.
    (3) If a security interest in an uncertificated security outstanding prior to January 1, 1988, is perfected or has priority as to all persons or as to certain persons when this amendatory Act of 1987 takes effect by virtue of the previous filing of a financing statement, and if other acts would be required for the perfection or priority of the security interest against those persons under this amendatory Act of 1987, the perfection and priority rights of the security interest shall continue and shall lapse on the date provided by the "Uniform Commercial Code", approved July 31, 1961, as amended prior to this amendatory Act of 1987, (whether or not a continuation statement is filed with respect to such security interest) unless the security interest is perfected in accordance with this amendatory Act of 1987.
    (4) If an issuer's lien or restriction on an uncertificated security outstanding prior to January 1, 1988, or a term of such a security is valid and effective against all persons or against certain persons when this amendatory Act of 1987 takes effect, and if the notation of such lien, restriction or term on an initial transaction statement would be required for its validity or effectiveness against those persons under this amendatory Act of 1987, such lien, restriction or term shall remain valid and effective until the earlier of (i) the time when an initial transaction statement is sent by the issuer to the registered owner (after which the validity and effectiveness of the lien, restriction or term shall be governed by this amendatory Act of 1987), or (ii) 3 years from the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987. If an initial transaction statement regarding an uncertificated security outstanding on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987 is not sent to the registered owner thereof within 3 years after that date, any issuer's lien required to be noted thereon shall cease to be valid, and any restriction or term required to be noted thereon shall cease to be effective except as to those persons against whom an unnoted restriction or term would be effective under Article 8 as amended by this amendatory Act of 1987.
(Source: P.A. 103-1036, eff. 1-1-25.)