Perfection by control

(a) A security interest in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, electronic documents, electronic money, investment property or letter-of-credit rights may be perfected by control of the collateral under Section 55-7-106, 55-9-104, 55-9-105A, 55-9-106, 55-9-107 or 55-9- 107A NMSA 1978. (b) A security interest in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, electronic documents, electronic money or letter-of-credit rights is perfected by control under Section 55-7-106, 55-9-104, 55-9-105A, 55-9-107 or 55-9-107A NMSA 1978 when the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control only while the secured party retains control. (c) A security interest in investment property is perfected by control under Section 55-9-106 NMSA 1978 not earlier than the time the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control until: (1) the secured party does not have control; and (2) one of the following occurs: (A) if the collateral is a certificated security, the debtor has or acquires possession of the security certificate; (B) if the collateral is an uncertificated security, the issuer has registered or registers the debtor as the registered owner; or (C) if the collateral is a security entitlement, the debtor is or becomes the entitlement holder. History: 1978 Comp., § 55-9-314, enacted by Laws 2001, ch. 139, § 34; 2005, ch. 144, § 104; 2023, ch. 142, § 64.