(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), this article applies to:

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 42a-9-109

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deposit account: includes a share account of a savings and loan association. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC

(1) A transaction, regardless of its form, that creates a security interest in personal property or fixtures by contract;

(2) An agricultural lien;

(3) A sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes;

(4) A consignment;

(5) A security interest arising under section 42a-2-401, section 42a-2-505, subsection (3) of section 42a-2-711 or subsection (d) of section 42a-2A-724, as provided in section 42a-9-110; and

(6) A security interest arising under section 42a-4-210 or 42a-5-118.

(b) The application of this article to a security interest in a secured obligation is not affected by the fact that the obligation is itself secured by a transaction or interest to which this article does not apply.

(c) This article does not apply to the extent that:

(1) A statute, regulation or treaty of the United States preempts this article;

(2) Another statute of this state expressly governs the creation, perfection, priority or enforcement of a security interest created by this state or a governmental unit of this state;

(3) A statute of another state, a foreign country or a governmental unit of another state or a foreign country, other than a statute generally applicable to security interests, expressly governs creation, perfection, priority or enforcement of a security interest created by the state, country or governmental unit; or

(4) The rights of a transferee beneficiary or nominated person under a letter of credit are independent and superior under section 42a-5-114.

(d) This article does not apply to:

(1) A landlord’s lien, other than an agricultural lien;

(2) A lien, other than an agricultural lien, given by statute or other rule of law for services or materials, but section 42a-9-333 applies with respect to priority of the lien;

(3) An assignment of a claim for wages, salary or other compensation of an employee;

(4) A sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes as part of a sale of the business out of which they arose;

(5) An assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes which is for the purpose of collection only;

(6) An assignment of a right to payment under a contract to an assignee that is also obligated to perform under the contract;

(7) An assignment of a single account, payment intangible or promissory note to an assignee in full or partial satisfaction of a preexisting indebtedness;

(8) A transfer of an interest in or an assignment of a claim under a policy of insurance, other than an assignment by or to a health-care provider of a health-care-insurance receivable and any subsequent assignment of the right to payment, but sections 42a-9-315 and 42a-9-322 apply with respect to proceeds and priorities in proceeds;

(9) An assignment of a right represented by a judgment, other than a judgment taken on a right to payment that was collateral;

(10) A right of recoupment or set-off, but:

(A) Section 42a-9-340 applies with respect to the effectiveness of rights of recoupment or set-off against deposit accounts; and

(B) Section 42a-9-404 applies with respect to defenses or claims of an account debtor;

(11) The creation or transfer of an interest in or lien on real property, including a lease or rents thereunder, except to the extent that provision is made for:

(A) Liens on real property in sections 42a-9-203 and 42a-9-308;

(B) Fixtures in section 42a-9-334;

(C) Fixture filings in sections 42a-9-501, 42a-9-502, 42a-9-512, 42a-9-516 and 42a-9-519; and

(D) Security agreements covering personal and real property in section 42a-9-604;

(12) An assignment of a claim arising in tort, other than a commercial tort claim, but sections 42a-9-315 and 42a-9-322 apply with respect to proceeds and priorities in proceeds;

(13) An assignment of a deposit account in a consumer transaction, but sections 42a-9-315 and 42a-9-322 apply with respect to proceeds and priorities in proceeds;

(14) A pledge or other lien by this state or a government subdivision or agency of this state in existence on or after October 1, 2003, in connection with a bond or note issue of this state or of a government subdivision or agency of this state, which pledge or other lien is governed by a statute of this state that (A) provides for the creation of a pledge or other lien by this state or a government subdivision or agency of this state in connection with any bond or note issued by this state or a government subdivision or agency of this state, and (B) expressly states that such pledge or lien shall be valid and binding as against other parties;

(15) An assignment of workers’ compensation benefits governed by section 31-320; or

(16) A security interest in a deposit account that is a payroll account or a trust account and which is titled or otherwise clearly identifiable as such an account, except that this article does apply to a security interest in (A) such an account if another statute of this state expressly so provides, or (B) a deposit account of a debtor that is a statutory trust formed or a foreign statutory trust registered under chapter 615, provided such deposit account is not a payroll account or a trust account which is titled or otherwise clearly identifiable as such an account.