Uniform Commercial Code Adoptions: Here’s the Current Scorecard

January 27, 2016

Perhaps the greatest and most unintended misnomer in the field of commercial law is that the Uniform Commercial Code is called the Uniform Commercial Code. A more accurate name might have been the As-Uniform-as-Possible-Given-that-States-Are-Going-to-Do-Their-Thing Commercial Code. (That name admittedly doesn’t roll off the tongue nearly as well as “UCC.”). The picture is further complicated by the fact that the official code has itself been amended many times over the last several decades.

For those of us who are interested in the status of UCC adoptions, however, our friends at the Uniform Law Commission (or NCCUSL, if you prefer the old-school name) have produced a handy one-stop scorecard showing which jurisdictions have adopted which revisions of the UCC. The scorecard is dated December 1, 2015, but I’m told on good authority by my colleague and ULC guru Bill Henning that it remains current today. Use the knowledge below to amaze and impress your commercial law friends around the water cooler–or else to drive your non-commercial law friends away from the water cooler.

On a technical note, you might need a wide screen (i.e., not a smartphone) to view the table in its proper format.

UCC SCORECARD

50+ State Survey of Adoptions of Revised Official Text of the UCC

STATES	UCC	UCC1¹ (2001)	UCC2A (1990)	UCC3/4 (1990)	UCC3/4 (2002)	UCC4A (1989)	UCC5 (1995)	UCC6 (1989)	UCC7 (2003)	UCC8 (1994)	UCC9 (1998)	UCC9 (2010)
Alabama	1965	2004²	1992	1995		1992³	1997	1996	2004	1996	2001	2014^A
Alaska	1962	2009	1993	1993		1993³	1999	1993	2009	1996	2000	2013^B
Arizona	1967	2006²	1992	1993		1991³	1996	2004	2006	1995	1999	2014^A
Arkansas	1961	2005	1993	1991	2005	1991³	1997	1991	2007	1995	2001	2013^A
California	1963	2006	1991	1992		1990³	1996	Rev 90	2006	1996	1999	2013^C
Colorado	1965	2006	1991	1994		1990³	1996	1991	2006	1996	2001	2012^B
Connecticut	1959	2005	2002	1991		1990	1996	1993	2004	1997	2001	2011^B
Delaware	1966	2004	1992	1995		1992	1998	1996	2004	1997	2000	2013^B
DC	1964	2013	1992	1994	2013	1992³	1997	2015	2013	1997	2000	2013^A
Florida	1965	2007	1990	1992		1991	1999	1993	2010	1998	2001	2012^A
Georgia	1962	2015	1993	1996		1992³	2002	2015	2010	1998	2001	2013^A
Hawaii	1965	2004²	1991	1991		1991³	1996	1998	2004	1997	2000	2012^A
Idaho	1967	2004²	1993	1993		1991³	1996	1993	2004	1995	2001	2012^A
Illinois	1961	2008²	1991	1991		1990³	1996	1991	2008	1995	2000	2012^A
Indiana	1963	2007²	1991	1993	2009	1991³	1996	2007	2007	1995	2000	2011^A
Iowa	1965	2007	1994	1994		1992³	1996	1994	2007	1997	2000	2012^A
Kansas	1965	2007	1991	1991		1990	1996	1992	2007	1996	2000	2012^A
Kentucky	1958	2006	1990	1996	2006	1992³	2000	1992	2012	1996	2000	2012^A
Louisiana	1974	2006		1992		1990³	1999	1991	2009	1995	2001	2012^A
Maine	1963	2009	1992	1993		1992³	1997	1992	2009	1997	2000	2013^A
Maryland	1963	2012²	1994	1996		1991³	1997		2004	1996	1999	2012^A
Mass.	1957	2013	1996	1998		1991³	1997	1996	2013	1996	2001	2013^A
Michigan	1962	2012²	1992	1993	2014	1992³	1998	1998	2012	1998	2000	2012^A
Minnesota	1965	2004	1991	1992	2003	1990³	1997	1991	2004	1995	2000	2011^A
Mississippi	1966	2010	1994	1992	2010	1991³	1996	1994	2006	1996	2001	2013^A
Missouri	1963		1992	1992		1992³	1997	2004		1997	2001	2013^A
Montana	1963	2005	1991	1991		1991³	1997	1991	2005	1997	1999	2013^A
Nebraska	1963	2005²	1991	1991		1991³	1996	1991	2005	1995	1999	2011^A
STATES	UCC	UCC1 (2001)	UCC2A (1990)	UCC3/4 (1990)	UCC3/4 (2002)	UCC4A (1989)	UCC5 (1995)	UCC6 (1989)	UCC7 (2003)	UCC8 (1994)	UCC9 (1998)	UCC9 (2010)
Nevada	1965	2005	1991	1993	2005	1991³	1997	1991	2005	1997	1999	2011^A
NH	1959	2006	1993	1993		1993³	1998	1993	2006	1998	2001	2012^B
NJ	1961	2013	1994	1995		1994³	1997	1994	2013	1997	2001	2013^A
NM	1961	2005	1992	1992	2009	1992³	1997	1992	2005	1996	2001	2013^A
New York	1962	2015	1994			1990³	2000	2001	2015	1997	2001	2015^A
NC	1965	2006	1993	1995		1993³	1999	2004	2006	1997	2001	2012^A
ND	1965	2007	1991	1991		1991³	1997	1993	2005	1997	2001	2011^A
Ohio	1961	2011	1992	1994		1991³	1997	1996	2011	1997	2001	2012^A
Oklahoma	1961	2005	1991	1991	2009	1990	1996	1997	2005	1995	2000	2015^A
Oregon	1961	2009	1989	1993		1991³	1997	1991	2009	1995	2001	2012^B
Penn.	1953	2008	1992	1992		1992³	2001	1992	2008	1996	2001	2013^A
PR											2012	2012^A
RI	1961	2007²	1991	2000		1991³	2000	2001	2006	2000	2000	2011^A
SC	1966	2014	2001	2008	2008	1996³	2001	2001	2014	2001	2000	2013^A
SD	1966	2008	1989	1994		1991³	1998	1993	2009	1998	2000	2012^A
Tenn.	1963	2008	1993	1997		1991³	1998	1998	2008	1997	2000	2012^A
Texas	1965	2003	1993	1995	2005	1993³	1999	1993	2005	1995	1999	2011^A
USVI	1967	2002	2001	2000		2001	2000	2002		2002	2002
Utah	1965	2007²	1993	1993		1990	1997	1996	2006	1996	2000	2013^A
Vermont	1966	2007	1994	1994		1994³	1999	1994	2015	1996	2000	2014^A
Virginia	1964	2003²	1991	1992		1990³	1997	2011	2004	1996	2000	2012^A
Wash.	1965	2012	1993	1993		1991³	1997	1993	2012	1995	2000	2011^A
WV	1963	2006	1996	1993		1990³	1996	1992	2006	1995	2000	2012^A
Wisconsin	1963	2010	1992	1996		1992³	2005	2009	2010	1998	2001	2012^A
Wyoming	1961	2015	1991	1991		1991	1997	1991	2015	1996	2001	2013^B
TOTAL	53	51	51	52	12	53	52	52	50	53	53	52

(Last updated 12-1-15)

¹ Choice of Law Provision: All enacting jurisdictions except the U.S. Virgin Islands have enacted the choice-of-law provision (Section 1-301) in the 2008 Official Text. The USVI enactment includes the 2001 text of that section.

² Definition of “good faith”: retains the good faith standard found in pre-revised UCC1.

³ Adopted the 2012 Amendment to UCC Article 4A.

^A Adopted Alternative A of 9-503.

^B Adopted Alternative B of 9-503.

^C Adopted non-uniform safe harbor in 9-503.

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