Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 9.304 — LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND PRIORITY OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
BC § 9.304Title 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE · Ch. 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS · Art. C. PERFECTION AND PRIORITY
Statute text
View on source(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 this subchapter:
(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 this subchapter, this chapter, or this title, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction.
(2)If Subdivision (1) 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 Subdivision (1) nor Subdivision (2) 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 subdivisions 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.
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Legislative history
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 917, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.