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Iowa Code § 554.9104

Control of deposit account

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 554–554 (631 sections).

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §4, 185, 187; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §42

1. Requirements for control. A secured party has control of a deposit account if:

a. the secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained;

b. the debtor, secured party, and bank have agreed in a signed record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor;

c. the secured party becomes the bank’s customer with respect to the deposit account; or

d. another person, other than the debtor:

(1) has control of the deposit account and acknowledges that it has control on behalf of the secured party; or

(2) obtains control of the deposit account after having acknowledged that it will obtain control of the deposit account on behalf of the secured party.

2. Debtor’s right to direct disposition. A secured party that has satisfied subsection 1 has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.