Title 11, Chapter 9, Section 304
( 11-9-304)
Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts. (a) Law of bank's jurisdiction governs. The local law of a bank's
jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or
nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a deposit
account maintained with that bank. (b) Bank's jurisdiction. The following rules determine a bank's
jurisdiction for purposes of this part: (1) If an agreement between the bank and the debtor governing the
deposit account expressly provides that a particular jurisdiction
is the bank's jurisdiction for purposes of this part, this
article, or this title, that jurisdiction is the bank's
jurisdiction; (2) If paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply and an
agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit
account expressly provides that the agreement is governed by the
law of a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank's
jurisdiction; (3) If neither paragraph (1) nor (2) of this subsection applies
and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the
deposit account expressly provides that the deposit account is
maintained at an office in a particular jurisdiction, that
jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction; (4) If none of the preceding paragraphs of this subsection
applies, the bank's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the
office identified in an account statement as the office serving
the customer's account is located; and (5) If none of the preceding paragraphs of this subsection
applies, the bank's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the
chief executive office of the bank is located. |