LD 2245
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LR 1087
Item 1

 
(a)__If an agreement between the commodity intermediary and
commodity customer governing the commodity account expressly
provides that a particular jurisdiction is the commodity
intermediary's jurisdiction for purposes of this Part, this
Article, or this Title, that jurisdiction is the commodity
intermediary's jurisdiction.

 
(b)__If paragraph (a) does not apply and an agreement
between the commodity intermediary and commodity customer
governing the commodity account expressly provides that the
agreement is governed by the law of a particular
jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the commodity
intermediary's jurisdiction.

 
(c)__If neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) applies and
an agreement between the commodity intermediary and
commodity customer governing the commodity account expressly
provides that the commodity account is maintained at an
office in a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is
the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction.

 
(d)__If none of the preceding paragraphs applies, the
commodity intermediary's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in
which the office identified in an account statement as the
office serving the commodity customer's account is located.

 
(e)__If none of the preceding paragraphs applies, the
commodity intermediary's jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in
which the chief executive office of the commodity
intermediary is located.

 
(3)__The local law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is
located governs:

 
(a)__Perfection of a security interest in investment
property by filing;

 
(b)__Automatic perfection of a security interest in
investment property created by a broker or securities
intermediary; and

 
(c)__Automatic perfection of a security interest in a
commodity contract or commodity account created by a
commodity intermediary.

 
Official Comment

 
1. Source. Former Section 9-103(6).


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