Selected Codes
- Florida Codification of UCC Article 9Florida Statutes Chapter 679. Note that in the U.S. secured transaction law is applied mostly at the state level.
- Canadian Provinces other than Quebec: Personal Property Security Act (PPSA)This example is from the province of British Columbia. Quebec's regime is civil law based. CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute is a web portal that posts legislation and case law for all the provinces.
- Quebec Province, CanadaQuebec's civil code treats security obligations differently than the common law enactments. The provisions are contained beginning at section 2660 of the Civil Code of Quebec.
Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law
Foreign Law Guide, online resource GL
An invaluable source for locating primary sources of legislation for foreign jurisdictions. For each country there is a brief introduction to the legal system, a list of codifications, gazettes and other sources of law. The guide can also be reached from the Law Library web page via eResources.
The secured transaction laws could be found in either the "Obligation and Torts" or "Securities and Stock Exchange" sections of the country's listing. A keyword search using security guaranty, chattel mortgage or other keywords could also be run.
vLex, online resource
vLex is a global legal database that contains constitutions, cases, statutes, codes, law journal articles, books, and legal news in multiple languages for 134 countries including: Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Portugal, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, and the United States. Search terms and full text results can be translated into 13 languages.
Digest of Commercial Laws of the World, online from Westlaw.
Browsing by country - ONLINE In Westlaw, open "Part I. Country Digests and Forms". The countries are arranged in alphabetical order. Within the country chapter see the section titled: "XI. Pledges and Chattel Mortgages".
International Encyclopedia of Law, IEL Property and Trust Law online resource.
IEL Property and Trust Law provides country-by-country analysis on immovable property and real property, movable property and personal property/chattels, acquisition of property rights, trust and fiduciary mechanisms, and securities in immovable and movable property.
The IEL provides national monographs for 23 countries. Once the country is selected proceed to the "Movable Property and Personal Property/Chattels" section and also the "Security" section if one is included.
World LII 'Countries' page, online resource. 
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