TITLE 28

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

CHAPTER 9

SECURED TRANSACTIONS

PART 3.

PERFECTION AND PRIORITY

28-9-340.  Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a bank with which a deposit account is maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or set-off against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account.

(b)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, the application of this chapter to a security interest in a deposit account does not affect a right of recoupment or set-off of the secured party as to a deposit account maintained with the secured party.

(c)  The exercise by a bank of a set-off against a deposit account is ineffective against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account which is perfected by control under section 28-9-104(a)(3), if the set-off is based on a claim against the debtor.

History:

[28-9-340, added 2001, ch. 208, sec. 2, p. 755.]