K.S.A. 84-9-314: 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 K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-7-106, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-104, 84-9-105, 84-9-106, or 84-9-107, and amendments thereto.

(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 K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-7-106, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-104, 84-9-105 or 84-9-107, and amendments thereto, 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 K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-106, and amendments thereto, 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.