554.8505  Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions.

1.  A securities intermediary shall take action to obtain a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if:

a.  the securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or

b.  in the absence of agreement, the securities intermediary exercises due care in accordance with reasonable commercial standards to attempt to obtain the payment or distribution.

2.  A securities intermediary is obligated to its entitlement holder for a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset if the payment or distribution is received by the securities intermediary.

Section History: Recent form

  96 Acts, ch 1138, §52, 84


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