Ark. Code Ann. § 4-9-105 (2020)
Control of electronic chattel paper
- A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the chattel paper reliably establishes the secured party as the person to which the chattel paper was assigned.
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A system satisfies subsection (a) if the record or records comprising the chattel paper are created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:
- a single authoritative copy of the record or records exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), unalterable;
- the authoritative copy identifies the secured party as the assignee of the record or records;
- the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the secured party or its designated custodian;
- copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the secured party;
- each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and
- any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.
History. Acts 2001, No. 1439, § 1; 2013, No. 138, § 5.
Amendments. The 2013 amendment redesignated the former introductory language as (a) and rewrote (a); added the introductory language of (b); in (b)(4), substituted “amendments” for “revisions” and “consent” for “participation”; in (a)(6), substituted “any amendment” for “any revision” and deleted “an” preceding “authorized” and “revision” following “unauthorized”.
Case Notes
Cited: McDonald Mobile Homes, Inc. v. BankAmerica Hous. Servs., 93 Ark. App. 256, 218 S.W.3d 376 (2005).