12A:9-314 - Perfection by control

12A:9-314  Perfection by control.12A:9-314.  Perfection by Control.

(a)Perfection by control.  A security interest in investment property, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights, or electronic chattel paper may be perfected by control of the collateral under 12A:9-104, 12A:9-105, 12A:9-106 or 12A:9-107.

(b)Specified collateral:  time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection.  A security interest in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, or letter-of-credit rights is perfected by control under 12A:9-104, 12A:9-105 or 12A:9-107 when the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control only while the secured party retains control.

(c)Investment property:  time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection.  A security interest in investment property is perfected by control under 12A:9-106 from the time the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control until:

(1)the secured party does not have control; and

(2)one of the following occurs:

(A)if the collateral is a certificated security, the debtor has or acquires possession of the security certificate;

(B)if the collateral is an uncertificated security, the issuer has registered or registers the debtor as the registered owner; or

(C)if the collateral is a security entitlement, the debtor is or becomes the entitlement holder.

L.2001, c.117, s.1; amended 2001, c.386, s.30.