§490:9-340 - Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account.

Subpart 4.  Rights of Bank

 

     §490:9-340  Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a bank with which a deposit account is maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or set-off against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account.

     (b)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the application of this article to a security interest in a deposit account does not affect a right of recoupment or set-off of the secured party as to a deposit account maintained with the secured party.

     (c)  The exercise by a bank of a set-off against a deposit account is ineffective against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account which is perfected by control under section 490:9-104(a)(3), if the set-off is based on a claim against the debtor. [L 2000, c 241, pt of §1]