Historically, the fundamental law governing checks and bank deposits has been state law, Articles 3 and 4 of the
Uniform Commercial Code, and the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Act before the
Uniform Commercial Code, and the common law before that.
The court then found them to be general intangibles because they were personal property that did not fall in any of the other categories of personal property collateral described in the
Uniform Commercial Code. And since the lender had failed to file a UCC financing statement, it did not have a perfected security interest in the CD.
Written signatures will still be required in commercial matters for legal pleadings, certain transactions under the
Uniform Commercial Code (except 1-107, 1-206, and Articles 2 and 2A), and hazardous and other toxic waste handling and transportation.
* It will address opinions on particular substantive areas of commercial practice, including opinions with respect to securities, opinions with respect to collateral under the
Uniform Commercial Code, and opinions reguarding real estate transactions;
Section 2-702 of each state's
Uniform Commercial Code indicates the grounds a credit seller must satisfy to obtain relief on a reclamation claim.
They also describe a typical Personal Property Security Acts scheme, the history of the
Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, the work of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the influence of the UN Convention on receivables financing, the UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions and resulting Model Law, the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, and the European Union Financial Collateral Directive.
Appendices include the US Constitution,
Uniform Commercial Code, Uniform Partnership Act, revised Model Business Corporation Act, and a dictionary of legal terms.
"Since its inception, the ULC has been responsible for more than 200 acts, among them such bulwarks of state statutory law as the
Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Probate Code, the Uniform Partnership Act, and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act."
In addition, New York State has enacted revisions to the
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) to create a cooperative organization security interest, or "COSI." In case of a sponsor or shareholder default, this legislation puts the cooperative's interests first before any and all other creditors or liens.
The
Uniform Commercial Code and Purchase Money Security Interests