P.R. Laws tit. 19, § 2367

2019-02-20
§ 2367. Collection and enforcement by secured party

(a) Collection and enforcement generally.— If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party:

(1) May notify an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to or for the benefit of the secured party;

(2) may take any proceeds to which the secured party is entitled under § 2265 of this title;

(3) may enforce the obligations of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral and exercise the rights of the debtor with respect to the obligation of the account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to the debtor, and with respect to any property that secures the obligations of the account debtor or other person obligated on the collateral;

(4) if it holds a security interest in a deposit account perfected by control under § 2265(a)(1) of this title, may apply the balance of the deposit account to the obligation secured by the deposit account, and

(5) if it holds a security interest in a deposit account perfected by control under clauses (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of § 2214 of this title, may instruct the bank to pay the balance of the deposit account to or for the benefit of the secured party.

(b) [Reserved.]

(c) Commercially reasonable collection and enforcement.— A secured party shall proceed in a commercially reasonable manner if the secured party:

(1) Undertakes to collect from or enforce an obligation of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral, and

(2) is entitled to charge back uncollected collateral or otherwise to full or limited recourse against the debtor or a secondary obligor.

(d) Expenses of collection and enforcement.— A secured party may deduct from the collections made pursuant to subsection (c) of this section reasonable expenses of collection and enforcement, including reasonable attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party.

(e) Duties to secured party not affected.— This section does not determine whether an account debtor, bank, or other person obligated on collateral owes a duty to a secured party.

History

—Sept. 19, 1996, No. 241, added as § 9-607 on Jan. 17, 2012, No. 21, § 11, eff. 1 year after Jan. 17, 2012.