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Mississippi · Snapshot Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17

Miss. Code Ann. § 75-9-314: Perfection by control.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 75. Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments
  2. Chapter 9. Uniform Commercial Code—Secured Transactions
  3. Part 3. Perfection and Priority.
  4. Subpart 2. Perfection.

(a) 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 Section 75-7-106, 75-9-104, 75-9-105, 75-9-106 or 75-9-107.

(b) A security interest in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights, or electronic documents is perfected by control under Section 75-7-106, 75-9-104, 75-9-105 or 75-9-107 when the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control only while the secured party retains control.

(c) A security interest in investment property is perfected by control under Section 75-9-106 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 (1) 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.

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