(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (3) and (4), this chapter applies to: (a) a transaction, regardless of its form, that creates a security interest in personal property or fixtures by contract; (b) an agricultural lien; (c) a sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes; (d) a consignment; (e) a security interest arising under Section 70A-2-401 or 70A-2-505 or Subsection 70A-2-711(3) or 70A-2a-508(5), as provided in Section 70A-9a-110; and (f) a security interest arising under Section 70A-4-210 or 70A-5-118. (2) The application of this chapter to a security interest in a secured obligation is not affected by the fact that the obligation is itself secured by a transaction or interest to which this chapter does not apply. (3) This chapter does not apply to the extent that: (a) a statute, regulation, or treaty of the United States preempts this chapter; (b) another statute of this state expressly governs the creation, perfection, priority, or enforcement of a security interest created by this state or a governmental unit of this state; (c) a statute of another state, a foreign country, or a governmental unit of another state or a foreign country, other than a statute generally applicable to security interests, expressly governs creation, perfection, priority, or enforcement of a security interest created by the state, country, or governmental unit; or (d) the rights of a transferee beneficiary or nominated person under a letter of credit are independent and superior under Section 70A-5-114. (4) This chapter does not apply to: (a) a landlord's lien, other than an agricultural lien; (b) a lien, other than an agricultural lien, given by statute or other rule of law for services or materials, but Section 70A-9a-333 applies with respect to priority of the lien; (c) an assignment of a claim for wages, salary, or other compensation of an employee; (d) a sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes as part of a sale of the business out of which they arose; (e) an assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes which is for the purpose of collection only; (f) an assignment of a right to payment under a contract to an assignee that is also obligated to perform under the contract; (g) an assignment of a single account, payment intangible, or promissory note to an assignee in full or partial satisfaction of a preexisting indebtedness; (h) a transfer of an interest in or an assignment of a claim under a policy of insurance, other than an assignment by or to a health-care provider of a health-care-insurance receivable and any subsequent assignment of the right to payment, but Sections 70A-9a-315 and 70A-9a-322 apply with respect to proceeds and priorities in proceeds; (i) an assignment of a right represented by a judgment, other than a judgment taken on a right to payment that was collateral; (j) a right of recoupment or set-off, but: (i) Section 70A-9a-340 applies with respect to the effectiveness of rights of recoupment or set- off against deposit accounts; and (ii) Section 70A-9a-404 applies with respect to defenses or claims of an account debtor; (k) the creation or transfer of an interest in or lien on real property, including a lease or rents thereunder, except to the extent that provision is made for: (i) liens on real property in Sections 70A-9a-203 and 70A-9a-308; (ii) fixtures in Section 70A-9a-334; (iii) fixture filings in Sections 70A-9a-501, 70A-9a-502, 70A-9a-512, 70A-9a-516, and 70A-9a-519; and (iv) security agreements covering personal and real property in Section 70A-9a-604; (l) an assignment of a claim arising in tort, other than a commercial tort claim, but Sections
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