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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 409 — Uniform commercial code — secured transactions

409.314 Perfection by control.

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409.314 Perfection by control.
(1)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 s. 407.106 , 409.104 , 409.105 , 409.106 , or 409.107 .
(2)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 s. 407.106 , 409.104 , 409.105 , or 409.107 when the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control only while the secured party retains control.
(3)Investment property: time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection. A security interest in investment property is perfected by control under s. 409.106 from the time the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control until:
(a)The secured party does not have control; and
(b)One of the following occurs:
1. If the collateral is a certificated security, the debtor has or acquires possession of the security certificate;
2. If the collateral is an uncertificated security, the issuer has registered or registers the debtor as the registered owner; or
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