As all creditors know, you must file a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC"), called a "UCC-1," with the North Carolina Secretary of State to perfect a security interest in personal property (and with the county Register of Deeds if the property might become a real estate fixture).  The UCC-1 puts the world on notice of your security interest and establishes your place in line with respect to rights in the collateral.  But you must prepare and maintain

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