36. General rules governing priority

priority between security rights perfected by registration shall be determined by the date of registration, regardless of the date of perfection;

priority between a security right perfected by registration and a security right perfected by possession shall be determined by whether the financing statement was registered before possession; and

priority between unperfected security rights shall be determined by the date of the creation of such security rights.

a continuously perfected security right shall be treated at all times as if perfected by the method by which it was originally perfected; and

the time of registration, possession or perfection of a security right in the original collateral, shall be the time of such registration, possession or perfection of the security right in its proceeds.

advances made before the judgment creditor registers the notice of judgment referred to in that paragraph;

advances made before the secured party has knowledge of the registration of the notice of judgment referred to in that paragraph;

advances made in accordance with a statutory requirement or a legally binding obligation owing to a person other than the debtor, entered into by the secured party before acquiring the knowledge referred to in paragraph (b); and

reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the secured party for the protection, preservation, maintenance or repair of the collateral.