(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a bank with which a deposit account is maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or set-off against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.340

  • Account: includes health-care insurance receivables. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Bank: includes savings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, and trust companies. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Debtor: means :

    (a) A person having an interest, other than a security interest or other lien, in the collateral, whether or not the person is an obligor;

    (b) A seller of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes; or

    (c) A consignee. See Ohio Code 1309.102

  • Deposit account: means a demand, time, savings, passbook, or similar account maintained with a bank but does not include investment property or accounts evidenced by an instrument. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Secured party: means :

    (a) A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;

    (b) A person that holds an agricultural lien;

    (c) A consignor;

    (d) A person to whom accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes have been sold;

    (e) A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided for; or

    (f) A person who holds a security interest arising under section 1302. See Ohio Code 1309.102

(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, the application of this chapter to a security interest in a deposit account does not affect a right of recoupment or set-off of the secured party as to a deposit account maintained with the secured party.

(C) The exercise by a bank of a set-off against a deposit account is ineffective against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account that is perfected by control under division (A)(3) of section 1309.104 of the Revised Code, if the set-off is based on a claim against the debtor.