(a) Perfection by control. 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 §§ 8.7-106, 8.9A-104, 8.9A-105, 8.9A-106 or § 8.9A-107.\n(b) Specified collateral; time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection. A security interest in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights, or electronic documents is perfected by control under §§ 8.7-106, 8.9A-104, 8.9A-105 or § 8.9A-107 when the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control only while the secured party retains control.\n(c) Investment property; time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection. A security interest in investment property is perfected by control under § 8.9A-106 from the time the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control until:\n(1) the secured party does not have control; and\n(2) one of the following occurs:\n(A) if the collateral is a certificated security, the debtor has or acquires possession of the security certificate;\n(B) if the collateral is an uncertificated security, the issuer has wing occurs:\n(A) if the collateral is a certificated security, the debtor has or acquires possession of the security certificate;\n(B) if the collateral is an uncertificated security, the issuer has registered or registers the debtor as the registered owner; or\n(C) if the collateral is a security entitlement, the debtor is or becomes the entitlement holder.\n1996, c. 216, § 8.9-115; 2000, c. 1007; 2004, c. 200.
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