Section 7-11-105 - Transition provision on change of place of filing(1) A financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to February 1, 1982, which shall not have lapsed prior to February 1, 1982, shall remain effective for the period provided in the old U.C.C., but not less than five years after the filing.(2) With respect to any collateral acquired by the debtor subsequent to February 1, 1982, any effective financing statement or continuation statement described in this section shall apply only if the filing or filings are in the office or offices that would be appropriate to perfect the security interests in the new collateral under the new U.C.C.(3) The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed prior to February 1, 1982, may be continued by a continuation statement as permitted by the new U.C.C., except that if the new U.C.C. requires a filing in an office where there was no previous financing statement, a new financing statement conforming to Section 7-11-106 shall be filed in that office.(4) If the record of a mortgage of real estate would have been effective as a fixture filing of goods described therein if the new U.C.C. had been in effect on the date of recording the mortgage, the mortgage shall be deemed effective as a fixture filing as to such goods under subsection (b) of Section 7-9A-502 of the new U.C.C. on February 1, 1982.Ala. Code § 7-11-105 (1975)
Acts 1981, No. 81-312, p. 399; Act 2001-481, p. 647, §2.