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The main point of Article 9 is to be a secured creditor:
If a creditor is secured it has a claim in something of the buyer's (the goods exchanged for future payment or other collateral). This gives the creditor: Right of repossession of goods extended in exchange for future payment if the payment is never made.
Also, what does Article 9 of the UCC cover?
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), as adopted by all fifty states, generally governs secured transactions where security interests are taken in personal property. It regulates creation and enforcement of security interests in movable property, intangible property, and fixtures.
Similarly, you may ask, what does Article 9 say?
Article 9 regulates the creation of security interests, and the enforcement of those interests, in movable or intangible property and fixtures. It encompasses a wide variety of possessory liens and determines the legal right of ownership if a debtor does not meet his or her obligations.
New section 9-609(a) and (b) track former section 9-503 by permitting a secured party on default to take possession of collateral through judicial process (such a writ of replevin) or by self help, if self help can be exercised without a breach of the peace.