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Code · New Jersey · Title 12A — Commercial Transactions · Chapter 9

12A:9-314 Perfection by control.

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Perfection by Control.
(a)Perfection by control. A security interest in investment property, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights, electronic chattel paper, or electronic documents may be perfected by control of the collateral under 12A:7-106, 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, letter-of-credit rights, or electronic documents is perfected by control under 12A:7-106, 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, 2013, c.65, s.14.
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