Supergeneric Descriptions In UCC Financing Statements Lead To Problems

Mealey's (January 18, 2022, 2:47 PM EST) -- Financing statements need not be precise in providing an “indication of collateral.” UCC 9-504 states that “[a] financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides...an indication that the financing statement covers all assets…” Given this language, one might expect every financing statement to indicate the collateral is “all assets,” period. But secured parties rarely do this, often deciding to include additional descriptive language. And this leads to problems....