Basic Uniform Commercial Code

Account

UCC § 9-102(a)(2)

"Account", except as used in "account for", means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance,

  1. for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of,
  2. for services rendered or to be rendered,
  3. for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued,
  4. for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred,
  5. for energy provided or to be provided,
  6. for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract,
  7. arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card, or
  8. as winnings in a lottery or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or person licensed or authorized to operate the game by a State or governmental unit of a State.

The term includes health-care-insurance receivables. The term does not include

  1. rights to payment evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument,
  2. commercial tort claims,
  3. deposit accounts,
  4. investment property,
  5. letter-of-credit rights or letters of credit, or
  6. rights to payment for money or funds advanced or sold, other than rights arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.
Copyright, The American Law Institute

Bank accounts are sui generis deposit accounts, not pure intangible accounts.