Sec. 42a-9-104. Control of deposit account. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 42a-9-104. Control of deposit account. (a) 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 an authenticated 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; or

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

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

      (1959, P.A. 133, S. 9-104; P.A. 76-369, S. 10; P.A. 96-198, S. 21; P.A. 01-132, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 76-369 deleted specific reference to Ship Mortgage Act in Subdiv. (a), exempted transfer by governments or governmental agencies rather than equipment trusts covering railway rolling stock in Subdiv. (e), clarified exemption re contract rights and added transfers of single accounts as satisfaction of preexisting indebtedness in Subdiv. (f), added exception re proceeds in Subdiv. (g), specified applicability to judgments "taken on a right to payment which was collateral" in Subdiv. (h) and clarified exemption for deposit accounts in Subdiv. (k), adding exception re proceeds; P.A. 96-198 added Subdiv. (m) making article inapplicable to a transfer of an interest in a letter of credit other than the rights to proceeds of a written letter of credit; P.A. 01-132 replaced former provisions re transactions excluded from article with provisions re when a secured party has control of a deposit account.