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RETRIEVE BILL
 
  Section 9--503. Name of Debtor and Secured Party.
    (a) Sufficiency  of  debtor's name. A financing statement sufficiently
  provides the name of the debtor:
         (1) if the debtor is  a  registered  organization,  only  if  the
             financing statement provides the name of the debtor indicated
             on   the  public  record  of  the  debtor's  jurisdiction  of
             organization which shows the debtor to have been organized;
         (2) if the debtor is a decedent's estate, only if  the  financing
             statement  provides  the  name  of the decedent and indicates
             that the debtor is an estate;
         (3) if the debtor is a trust or a trustee acting with respect  to
             property held in trust, only if the financing statement:
             (A) provides  the name specified for the trust in its organic
                 documents or, if no name is specified, provides the  name
                 of  the  settlor and additional information sufficient to
                 distinguish the debtor from other trusts  having  one  or
                 more of the same settlors; and
             (B) indicates,  in  the  debtor's name or otherwise, that the
                 debtor is a trust or is a trustee acting with respect  to
                 property held in trust; and
         (4) in other cases:
             (A) if  the  debtor  has  a  name,  only  if  it provides the
                 individual or organizational name of the debtor; and
             (B) if the debtor does not have a name, only if  it  provides
                 the  names of the partners, members, associates, or other
                 persons comprising the debtor.
    (b) Additional debtor-related information. A financing statement  that
  provides the name of the debtor in accordance with subsection (a) is not
  rendered ineffective by the absence of:
         (1) a trade name or other name of the debtor; or
         (2) unless   required   under   subsection  (a)(4)(B),  names  of
             partners, members, associates, or  other  persons  comprising
             the debtor.
    (c) Debtor's  trade  name  insufficient.  A  financing  statement that
  provides only the debtor's trade name does not sufficiently provide  the
  name of the debtor.
    (d) Representative  capacity.  Failure  to indicate the representative
  capacity of a secured party or representative of a  secured  party  does
  not affect the sufficiency of a financing statement.
    (e) Multiple  debtors  and  secured parties. A financing statement may
  provide the name of more than one debtor and the name of more  than  one
  secured party.

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