1.

 Collection and enforcement generally.

 If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party:

 a. may notify an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to or for the benefit of the secured party;
 b. may take any proceeds to which the secured party is entitled under section 554.9315;
 c. may enforce the obligations of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral and exercise the rights of the debtor with respect to the obligation of the account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to the debtor, and with respect to any property that secures the obligations of the account debtor or other person obligated on the collateral;
 d. if it holds a security interest in a deposit account perfected by control under section 554.9104, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, may apply the balance of the deposit account to the obligation secured by the deposit account; and
 e. if it holds a security interest in a deposit account perfected by control under section 554.9104, subsection 1, paragraph “b” or “c”, may instruct the bank to pay the balance of the deposit account to or for the benefit of the secured party.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 554.9607

  • Account: means the same as defined in section 554. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Deposit account: means the same as defined in section 554. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Record: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
 2.

 Nonjudicial enforcement of mortgage.

 If necessary to enable a secured party to exercise under subsection 1, paragraph “c”, the right of a debtor to enforce a mortgage nonjudicially, the secured party may record in the office in which a record of the mortgage is recorded:

 a. a copy of the security agreement that creates or provides for a security interest in the obligation secured by the mortgage; and
 b. the secured party’s sworn affidavit in recordable form stating that:

 (1) a default has occurred with respect to the obligation secured by the mortgage; and
 (2) the secured party is entitled to enforce the mortgage nonjudicially.
 3.

 Commercially reasonable collection and enforcement.

 A secured party shall proceed in a commercially reasonable manner if the secured party:

 a. undertakes to collect from or enforce an obligation of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral; and
 b. is entitled to charge back uncollected collateral or otherwise to full or limited recourse against the debtor or a secondary obligor.
 4.

 Expenses of collection and enforcement.

 A secured party may deduct from the collections made pursuant to subsection 3 reasonable expenses of collection and enforcement, including reasonable attorney’s fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party.

 5.

 Duties to secured party not affected.

 This section does not determine whether an account debtor, bank, or other person obligated on collateral owes a duty to a secured party.

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