§ 679.3141, Fla. Stat. · Part III. PERFECTION AND PRIORITY
Perfection by control.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) A security interest in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, electronic documents, electronic money, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights may be perfected by control of the collateral under s. 677.106, s. 679.1041, s. 679.1052, s. 679.1053, s. 679.1061, or s. 679.1071.
(2) A security interest in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, electronic documents, electronic money, or letter-of-credit rights is perfected by control under s. 677.106, s. 679.1041, s. 679.1052, s. 679.1053, or s. 679.1071 not earlier than the time the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control only while the secured party retains control.
(3) A security interest in investment property is perfected by control under s. 679.1061 not earlier than the time the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control until:
(a) The secured party does not have control; and
(b) One of the following occurs:
1. If the collateral is a certificated security, the debtor has or acquires possession of the security certificate;
2. If the collateral is an uncertificated security, the issuer has registered or registers the debtor as the registered owner; or
3. If the collateral is a security entitlement, the debtor is or becomes the entitlement holder.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 3, ch. 2001-198; s. 66, ch. 2010-131; s. 89, ch. 2025-92.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
The Florida Statutes
- § 677.106, Fla. Stat.Control of electronic document of title.Printed as s. 677.106
- § 679.1041, Fla. Stat.Control of deposit account.Printed as s. 679.1041
- § 679.1052, Fla. Stat.Control of electronic money.Printed as s. 679.1052
- § 679.1053, Fla. Stat.Control of controllable electronic record, controllable account, or controllable payment intangible.Printed as s. 679.1053
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Provisions in this library whose text cites § 679.3141, Fla. Stat.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 679.3101, Fla. Stat.When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply.Printed as s. 679.3141(1)
- § 679.3121, Fla. Stat.Perfection of security interests in chattel paper, controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, and money; perfection by permissive filing; temporary perfection without filing or transfer of possession.Printed as s. 679.3141
- § 679.327, Fla. Stat.Priority of security interests in deposit account.Printed as s. 679.3141
- § 679.328, Fla. Stat.Priority of security interests in investment property.
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