Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 15-104
Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 15-104
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(2) When securities are deposited in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, certificates representing securities of the same class of the same issuer may be merged and held in bulk in the name of the nominee of the clearing corporation with any other securities deposited in the clearing corporation by a person regardless of the ownership of the securities, and certificates of small denomination may be merged into one or more certificates of larger denomination.
(3) The records of the fiduciary and the records of the bank or trust company acting as custodian, as agent or as custodian for a fiduciary shall show at all times the name of the party for whose account the securities are deposited.
(4) Title to the securities may be transferred by bookkeeping entry on the books of the clearing corporation without physical delivery of certificates representing the securities.
(b) (1) A bank or trust company depositing securities pursuant to this section is subject to the rules and regulations as, in the case of State chartered institutions, the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and, in the case of national banking associations, the Comptroller of the Currency may issue from time to time.
(2) A bank or trust company acting as custodian for a fiduciary, on demand by the fiduciary, shall certify in writing to the fiduciary the securities deposited in accordance with this section by the bank or trust company in the clearing corporation for the account of the fiduciary.
(c) A fiduciary, on demand by any party to a judicial proceeding for the settlement of the account of the fiduciary or on demand by the attorney for the party, shall certify in writing to the party the securities deposited by the fiduciary in the clearing corporation for its account as fiduciary.
(d) This section applies whether the trust be created or the appointment made prior or subsequent to July 1, 1973.