# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 9. Secured Transactions

### Subtitle 3. Perfection and Priority

#### Section 9-323

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under Sec. 9-322(a)(1), perfection of the security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the security interest secures an advance that:

  (1) Is made while the security interest is perfected only:

    (A) Under Sec. 9-309 when it attaches; or

    (B) Temporarily under Sec. 9-312(e), (f), or (g); and

  (2) Is not made pursuant to a commitment entered into before or while the security interest is perfected by a method other than under Sec. 9-309 or Sec. 9-312(e), (f), or (g).

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a security interest held by a secured party that is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a buyer of goods other than a buyer in ordinary course of business takes free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:

  (1) The time the secured party acquires knowledge of the buyer's purchase; or

  (2) 45 days after the purchase.

(d) Subsection (c) does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the buyer's purchase and before the expiration of the 45-day period.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), a lessee of goods, other than a lessee in ordinary course of business, takes the leasehold interest free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:

  (1) The time the secured party acquires knowledge of the lease; or

  (2) 45 days after the lease contract becomes enforceable.

(f) Subsection (e) does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lease and before the expiration of the 45-day period.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)