D.C. Code § 28:12-102: Definitions.

(a)

For the purposes of this article, the term:

(1)

"Controllable electronic record" means a record stored in an electronic medium that can be subjected to control under § 28:12-105. The term 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, electronic money, investment property, or a transferable record.

(2)

"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.

(3)

"Transferable record" has the meaning provided for that term in:

(A)

Section 201(a)(1) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7021(a)(1); or

(B)

§ 28-4915(a).

(4)

"Value" has the meaning provided in § 28:3-303(a), as if references in that section to an "instrument" were references to a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible.

(b)

The definitions in § 28:9-102 of "account debtor", "controllable account", "controllable payment intangible", "chattel paper", "deposit account", "electronic money", and "investment property" apply to this article.

(c)

Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this article.