(1)  A member or transferee may create an enforceable security interest in its financial rights in a limited cooperative association.

Terms Used In Utah Code 16-16-604

  • 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.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
(2)  Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, a member may not create an enforceable security interest in the member’s governance rights in a limited cooperative association.

(3)  The organic rules may provide that a limited cooperative association has a security interest in the financial rights of a member to secure payment of any indebtedness or other obligation of the member to the association. A security interest provided for in the organic rules is enforceable under, and governed by, Title 70A, Chapter 9a, Uniform Commercial Code – Secured Transactions.

(4)  Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, a member may not compel the limited cooperative association to offset financial rights against any indebtedness or obligation owed to the association.

Enacted by Chapter 363, 2008 General Session