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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="9-331" title_number="9" title_name="Secured Transactions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Perfection and Priority">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This title does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated, or a protected purchaser of a security. These holders or purchasers take priority over an earlier security interest, even if perfected, to the extent provided in Titles 3, 7, and 8 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This title does not limit the rights of or impose liability on a person to the extent that the person is protected against the assertion of a claim under Title 8 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Filing under this title does not constitute notice of a claim or defense to the holders, or purchasers, or persons described in subsections (a) and (b).</text>
  </level>
</section>
