Bank may acquire and hold personal property at request of customer -- Property deemed collateral

Property deemed collateral. Subject to such limitations and conditions as the commissioner may from time to time prescribe by general regulations, any bank or trust company organized under the laws of this state may purchase, hold, and become the owner and lessor of personal property and may incur such additional obligations as may be incident to becoming an owner and lessor of such personal property, provided, however, that the net unrecovered investment of such bank or trust company in such personal property shall, for the purposes of KRS 286.3-280 only, be deemed to be an indebtedness of the lessee thereof, and such personal property shall be considered to be collateral securing such indebtedness.