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Section 55-9-304 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts.

55-9-304. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts.

(a)     The local law of a bank's jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in a deposit account maintained with that bank. 

(b)     The following rules determine a bank's jurisdiction for purposes of Sections 55-9-301 through 55-9-342 NMSA 1978: 

(1)     if an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that a particular jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction; 

(2)     if Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the agreement is governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction; 

(3)     if neither Paragraph (1) nor Paragraph (2) of this subsection applies and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the deposit account is maintained at an office in a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction;  

(4)     if none of the preceding paragraphs applies, the bank's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the office identified in an account statement as the office serving the customer's account is located; and 

(5)     if none of the preceding paragraphs applies, the bank's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the chief executive office of the bank is located.

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