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Pennsylvania · Through 2025-12-01 (Statute Update stamp, 13 Pa.C.S.)

13 Pa.C.S. § 9104: Control of deposit account.

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  1. Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE
  2. CHAPTER 91 GENERAL PROVISIONS
  3. SUBCHAPTER A SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CONCEPTS

(a) Requirements for control.--A secured party has control of a deposit account if:

(1) the secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained;

(2) the debtor, secured party and bank have agreed in a signed record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor;

(3) the secured party becomes the bank's customer with respect to the deposit account; or

(4) another person, other than the debtor:

(i) has control of the deposit account and acknowledges that it has control on behalf of the secured party; or

(ii) obtains control of the deposit account after having acknowledged that it will obtain control of the deposit account on behalf of the secured party.

(b) Debtor's right to direct disposition.--A secured party that has satisfied subsection (a) has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.

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