In this chapter:
(1) "Bank" means a banking corporation or association, an individual banker, or a state or federal savings and loan association or savings bank.
(2) "Clerk" means a county clerk, a district clerk, or a county and district clerk.
(3) "Registry funds" means funds tendered to the clerk for deposit into the registry of the court.
(4) "Separate account" means funds transferred from a special account into a separate interest-bearing account.
(5) "Special account" means an account in a depository in which registry funds are placed.