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Code · South Carolina · Title 36 - COMMERCIAL CODE · CHAPTER 9 · Commercial Code—Secured Transactions

§ 36-9-408. Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health care insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineff.

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§ 36-9-408. Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health care insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective.
(a)Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a term in a promissory note or in an agreement between an account debtor and a debtor which relates to a health care insurance receivable or a general intangible, including a contract, permit, license, or franchise, and which term prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of the person obligated on the promissory note or the account debtor to, the assignment or transfer of, or creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest in, the promissory note, health care insurance receivable, or general intangible, is ineffective to the extent that the term:
(1)would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest; or
(2)provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment, or perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the promissory note, health care insurance receivable, or general intangible.
(b)Subsection
(a)applies to a security interest in a payment intangible or promissory note only if the security interest arises out of a sale of the payment intangible or promissory note, other than a sale under a disposition pursuant to Section 36-9-610 or an acceptance of collateral pursuant to
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