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Code · Maine · Title 11: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

§12-102. Definitions

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(1). In this Article, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
(a). "Controllable electronic record" means a record stored in an electronic medium that can be subjected to control under section 12‑105 . "Controllable electronic record" does not include a controllable account, a controllable payment intangible, a deposit account, an electronic copy of a record evidencing chattel paper, an electronic document of title, investment property, a transferable record or an electronic record that is a medium of exchange currently authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government and is not a medium of exchange that was recorded or transferable in a system that existed and operated for a medium of exchange before the medium of exchange was authorized or adopted by the government. [PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. B, §1 (NEW); PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
(b). "Qualifying purchaser" means a purchaser of a controllable electronic record or an interest in a controllable electronic record that obtains control of the controllable electronic record for value, in good faith, and without notice of a claim of a property right in the controllable electronic record. [PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. B, §1 (NEW); PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
(c). "Transferable record" has the same meaning as in:
(i)15 United States Code, Section 7021(a)(1); or
(ii)Title 10, section 9416, subsection 1 . [PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. B, §1 (NEW); PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
(d). "Value" has the same meaning provided in section 3‑1303, subsection
(1), as if references in that subsection to an "instrument" were references to a controllable account, controllable electronic record or controllable payment intangible. [PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. B, §1 (NEW); PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
[PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. B, §1 (NEW); PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
(2). The definitions in Article 9‑A of "account debtor," "controllable account," "controllable payment intangible," "chattel paper," "deposit account" and "investment property" apply to this Article.
[PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. B, §1 (NEW); PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
(3). Article 1‑A contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.
[PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. B, §1 (NEW); PL 2023, c. 669, Pt. E, §1 (AFF).]
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