West Virginia Code § 46-9-314

Perfection by control
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(a) Perfection by control. A security interest in investment property, deposit accounts,
letter-of-credit rights, electronic chattel paper, or electronic documents may be perfected by
control of the collateral under section 7-106, 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107.
(b) Specified collateral: Time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection. A security
interest in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights, or electronic
documents is perfected by control under section 7-106, 9-104, 9-105 or 9-107 when the
secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control only while the secured party
retains control. u
(c) Investment property: Time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection. A security
interest in investment property is perfected by control under section 9-106 from the time the
secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control until:
(1) The secured party does not have control; and l
(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.

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