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The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 session of the General Assembly.

NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.

Title 9A : Uniform Commercial Code

Article 009 : Secured Transactions

(Cite as: 9A V.S.A. § 9-314)
  • § 9—314. Perfection by control

    (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 7—106, 9—104, 9—105, 9—106, or 9—107 of this title.

    (b) A security interest in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights, or electronic documents is perfected by control under section 7—106, 9—104, 9—105, or 9—107 of this title 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 9—106 of this title 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 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. (Added 1999, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; amended 2015, No. 51, § B.9, eff. June 3, 2015.)