Section 9--304. Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Deposit Accounts  


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  • (a) Law of bank's jurisdiction governs. 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) Bank's  jurisdiction.  The  following  rules  determine  a  bank's
      jurisdiction for purposes of this part:
             (1) If an agreement between the bank and the debtor governing the
                 deposit  account  expressly  provides   that   a   particular
                 jurisdiction  is the bank's jurisdiction for purposes of this
                 part, this article, or this chapter, that jurisdiction is the
                 bank's jurisdiction.
             (2) If paragraph (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  paragraph  (1)  nor paragraph (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  paragraphs  apply,  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.
             (5) If  none  of  the  preceding  paragraphs  apply,  the  bank's
                 jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the chief executive
                 office of the bank is located.