§ 36-9-104 — Control of deposit account.

(a) A secured party has control of a deposit account if: (1) the secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained; (2) the debtor, secured party, and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor; or (3) the secured party becomes the bank's customer with respect to the deposit account. (b) A secured party that has satisfied subsection (a) has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10.9-104; 1966 (54) 2716; 1988 Act No. 494, SECTION 5; 2001 Act No. 67, SECTION 12. SECTION 36-9-105. Control of electronic chattel paper (a) A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the chattel paper reliably establishes the secured party as the person to which the chattel paper was assigned. (b) A system satisfies subsection (a) if the record or records comprising the chattel paper are created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that: (1) a single authoritative copy of the record or records exists which is unique, identifiable and, except as otherwise provided in items (4), (5), and (6), unalterable; (2) the authoritative copy identifies the secured party as the assignee of the record or records; (3) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the secured party or its designated custodian; (4) copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the secured party; (5) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and (6) any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized. HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10.9-105; 1966 (54) 2716; 1988 Act No. 494, SECTION 5; 1991 Act No. 161, SECTION 2(E); 2001 Act No. 67, SECTION 12; 2013 Act No. 96, SECTION 3, eff July 1, 2013. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment rewrote the section.