Ohio Code § 1309.502

Ohio Code § 1309.502. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 1309.502.

(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a financing statement is sufficient only

if it: (1) Provides the name of the debtor; (2) Provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party;

 and (3) Indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of section 1309.501 of the Revised Code , to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber

to be cut, or that is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to

become fixtures, shall satisfy division (A) of this section and also: (1) Indicate that it covers this type of collateral; (2) Indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; (3) Provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related sufficient

to give constructive notice of a mortgage under the laws of this state if the description

were contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property;  and (4) If the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the

name of a record owner. (C) A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement

filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral

or timber to be cut only if: (1) The record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers; (2) The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described in

the record, or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record

and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; (3) The record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement contained in this

section, but: (a) The record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records;

 and (b) The record sufficiently provides the name of a debtor who is an individual if it

provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name

of the debtor, even if the debtor is an individual to whom division (A)(4) of section 1309.503 of the Revised Code applies;  and (4) The record is duly recorded. (D) A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security

interest otherwise attaches.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1309.502
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
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