(1) A secured party has control of a deposit account if 1 or more of the following apply:
  (a) The secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 440.9104

  • Bank: means an organization that is engaged in the business of banking. See Michigan Laws 440.9102
  • Debtor: means 1 of the following:
  (i) A person having an interest, other than a security interest or other lien, in the collateral, whether or not the person is an obligor. See Michigan Laws 440.9102
  • Deposit account: means a demand, time, savings, passbook, or similar account maintained with a bank. See Michigan Laws 440.9102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Michigan Laws 440.1201
  • Right: includes remedy. See Michigan Laws 440.1201
  • Secured party: means 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) 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. See Michigan Laws 440.9102
      (b) The debtor, secured party, and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor.
      (c) The secured party becomes the bank’s customer with respect to the deposit account.
      (2) A secured party that has satisfied subsection (1) has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.