Utah Code § 70A-9a-408

Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance
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receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2), a term in a promissory note or in an agreement
between an account debtor and a debtor which relates to a health-care-insurance receivable
or a general intangible, including a contract, permit, license, or franchise, and which term

prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of the person obligated on the promissory note or
the account debtor to, the assignment or transfer of, or creation, attachment, or perfection
of a security interest in, the promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general
intangible, is ineffective to the extent that the term:
(a) would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest; or
(b) provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment, or perfection of the
security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense,
termination, right of termination, or remedy under the promissory note, health-care-insurance
receivable, or general intangible.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to a security interest in a payment intangible or promissory note only
if the security interest arises out of a sale of the payment intangible or promissory note, other
than a sale pursuant to a disposition under Section 70A-9a-610 or an acceptance of collateral
under Section 70A-9a-620.
(3) A rule of law, statute, or regulation that prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of a
government, governmental body or official, person obligated on a promissory note, or account
debtor to the assignment or transfer of, or creation of a security interest in, a promissory note,
health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible, including a contract, permit, license, or
franchise between an account debtor and a debtor, is ineffective to the extent that the rule of
law, statute, or regulation:
(a) would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest; or
(b) provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment, or perfection of the
security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense,
termination, right of termination, or remedy under the promissory note, health-care-insurance
receivable, or general intangible.
(4) To the extent that a term in a promissory note or in an agreement between an account debtor
and a debtor which relates to a health-care-insurance receivable or general intangible or a rule
of law, statute, or regulation described in Subsection (3) would be effective under law other
than this chapter but is ineffective under Subsection (1) or (3), the creation, attachment, or
perfection of a security interest in the promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or
general intangible:
(a) is not enforceable against the person obligated on the promissory note or the account debtor;
(b) does not impose a duty or obligation on the person obligated on the promissory note or the
account debtor;
(c) does not require the person obligated on the promissory note or the account debtor to
recognize the security interest, pay or render performance to the secured party, or accept
payment or performance from the secured party;
(d) does not entitle the secured party to use or assign the debtor's rights under the promissory
note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible, including any related
information or materials furnished to the debtor in the transaction giving rise to the promissory
note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible;
(e) does not entitle the secured party to use, assign, possess, or have access to any trade
secrets or confidential information of the person obligated on the promissory note or the
account debtor; and
(f) does not entitle the secured party to enforce the security interest in the promissory note,
health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible.
(5) In this section, "promissory note" includes a negotiable instrument that evidences chattel paper.

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