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355.9-403 Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee.
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In this section, "value" has the meaning provided in KRS 355. 3-303(1).
Except as otherwise provided in this section, an agreement between an account
debtor and an assignor not to assert against an assignee any claim or defense that the
account debtor may have against the assignor is enforceable by an assignee that
takes an assignment:
(a) For value;
(b) In good faith;
(c) Without notice of a claim of a property or possessory right to the property
assigned; and
(d) Without notice of a defense or claim in recoupment of the type that may be
asserted against a person entitled to enforce a negotiable instrument under
KRS 355.3-305(1).
Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to defenses of a type that may be
asserted against a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument under KRS 355.3305(2).
In a consumer transaction, if a record evidences the account debtor's obligation, law
other than this article requires that the record include a statement to the effect that
the rights of an assignee are subject to claims or defenses that the account debtor
could assert against the original obligee, and the record does not include such a
statement:
(a) The record has the same effect as if the record included such a statement; and
(b) The account debtor may assert against an assignee those claims and defenses
that would have been available if the record included such a statement.
This section is subject to law other than this article which establishes a different
rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation
primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, this section does not
displace law other than this article which gives effect to an agreement by an account
debtor not to assert a claim or defense against an assignee.
Effective: July 1, 2001
History: Repealed and reenacted 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 85, effective July 1, 2001.
-- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 542, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1988
Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 9. effective March 31, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch.
118, sec. 76, effective July 1, 1987. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 21,
effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 4. -- Amended 1972
Ky. Acts ch. 203, sec. 52. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 1. -- Amended
1964 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 23, effective July 1, 1964. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch.
83, sec. 11. -- Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 9-403.
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