Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1115 – Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant
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(1). A securities intermediary that has transferred a financial asset pursuant to an effective entitlement order or a broker or other agent or bailee that has dealt with a financial asset at the direction of its customer or principal is not liable to a person having an adverse claim to the financial asset, unless the securities intermediary or broker or other agent or bailee:
(a). Took the action after it had been served with an injunction, restraining order or other legal process enjoining it from doing so, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, and had a reasonable opportunity to act on the injunction, restraining order or other legal process; [PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. B, §2 (NEW).]
(b). Acted in collusion with the wrongdoer in violating the rights of the adverse claimant; or [PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. B, §2 (NEW).]
(c). In the case of a security certificate that has been stolen, acted with notice of the adverse claim. [PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. B, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. B, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1997, c. 429, §B2 (NEW).
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1115
- Adverse claim: means a claim that a claimant has a property interest in a financial asset and that it is a violation of the rights of the claimant for another person to hold, transfer or deal with the financial asset. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1102
- Broker: means a person defined as a broker or dealer under the federal securities laws, but without excluding a bank acting in that capacity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1102
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Financial asset: except as otherwise provided in section 8?1103, means: (i) A security;(ii) An obligation of a person or a share, participation or other interest in a person or in property or an enterprise of a person that is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded on financial markets or that is recognized in any area in which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment; or(iii) Any property that is held by a securities intermediary for another person in a securities account if the securities intermediary has expressly agreed with the other person that the property is to be treated as a financial asset under this Article. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1102
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Securities intermediary: means :
(i) A clearing corporation; or(ii) A person, including a bank or broker, that in the ordinary course of its business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1102- Security: except as otherwise provided in section 8?1103, means an obligation of an issuer or a share, participation or other interest in an issuer or in property or an enterprise of an issuer:
(i) That is represented by a security certificate in bearer or registered form or the transfer of which may be registered upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer;(ii) That is one of a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series of shares, participations, interests or obligations; and(iii) That:(A) Is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or securities markets; or(B) Is a medium for investment and by its terms expressly provides that it is a security governed by this Article. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1102