24.44.040 Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Deposit Accounts or Certificates of Deposit

(a) The local law of a bank's jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or non-perfection, and the priority of a security interest in a deposit account or certificate of deposit maintained with that bank.

(b) The following rules determine a bank's jurisdiction for purposes of this part:

(1) If an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account or certificate of deposit expressly provides that a particular jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction for purposes of this part, Chapters 24.42 through 24.48, or this title, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction.

(2) If subdivision (1) does not apply and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account or certificate of deposit expressly provides that the agreement is governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction.

(3) If neither subdivision (1) nor (2) applies and an agreement between the bank and the bank's customer governing the deposit account or certificate of deposit expressly provides that the deposit account or certificate of deposit is maintained at an office in a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank's jurisdiction.

(4) If none of the preceding subdivisions applies, 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 subdivisions applies, the bank's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the chief executive office of the bank is located.