California Commercial Code Section 9318

(a) A debtor that has sold an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, or promissory note does not retain a legal or equitable interest in the collateral sold. (b) For purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of an account or chattel paper from, a debtor that has sold an account or chattel paper, while the buyer`s security interest is unperfected, the debtor is deemed to have rights and title to the account or chattel paper identical to those the debtor sold.