2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code › Article 9 - Secured Transactions › Section 42a-9-305. - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the following rules apply:
(1) While a security certificate is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in the certificated security represented thereby.
(2) The local law of the issuer's jurisdiction as specified in subsection (d) of section 42a-8-110 governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in an uncertificated security.
(3) The local law of the securities intermediary's jurisdiction as specified in subsection (e) of section 42a-8-110 governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in a security entitlement or securities account.
(4) The local law of the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in a commodity contract or commodity account.
(b) The following rules determine a commodity intermediary's jurisdiction for purposes of this part:
(1) If an agreement between the commodity intermediary and commodity customer governing the commodity account expressly provides that a particular jurisdiction is the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction for purposes of this part, this article or this title, that jurisdiction is the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction.
(2) If subdivision (1) does not apply and an agreement between the commodity intermediary and commodity customer governing the commodity account expressly provides that the agreement is governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction.
(3) If neither subdivision (1) nor subdivision (2) applies and an agreement between the commodity intermediary and commodity customer governing the commodity account expressly provides that the commodity account is maintained at an office in a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction.
(4) If none of the preceding subdivisions applies, the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the office identified in an account statement as the office serving the commodity customer's account is located.
(5) If none of the preceding subdivisions applies, the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the chief executive office of the commodity intermediary is located.
(c) The local law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located governs:
(1) Perfection of a security interest in investment property by filing;
(2) Automatic perfection of a security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary; and
(3) Automatic perfection of a security interest in a commodity contract or commodity account created by a commodity intermediary.
(1959, P.A. 133, S. 9-305; P.A. 76-369, S. 21; P.A. 77-604, S. 26, 84; P.A. 79-435, S. 50; P.A. 96-198, S. 25; P.A. 97-182, S. 61; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 33, 121; P.A. 01-132, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 76-369 specified applicability of provisions to security interests in money; P.A. 77-604 made technical correction; P.A. 79-435 specified applicability to instruments “other than certificated securities”; P.A. 96-198 added provision that a security interest in the right to proceeds of a written letter of credit may be perfected by the secured party's taking possession of the letter of credit; P.A. 97-182 made provisions applicable to a security interest in certificated securities by deleting the provision that excluded certificated securities from the term “instrument”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change, effective June 24, 1998 (Revisor's note: In codifying this section the Revisors deleted the words “other than certificated securities” to reflect the deletion of these words by P.A. 97-182); P.A. 01-132 replaced former provisions re when possession by the secured party perfects a security interest with provisions re the law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in investment property.