Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 15-305
Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 15-305
- certified mail: includes "registered mail"; and
(3) "registered mail" includes "certified mail". See - 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
(2) A corporation or transfer agent is not put on notice unless the written notice identifies the claimant, the registered owner, and the issue of which the security is a part, provides an address for communications directed to the claimant and is received before the transfer.
(3) Nothing in this subtitle relieves the corporation or transfer agent of any liability for making or refusing to make the transfer after it is so put on notice, unless it proceeds in the manner authorized in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) (1) As soon as practicable after the presentation of a security for transfer pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary, a corporation or transfer agent which has received notice of a claim of beneficial interest adverse to the transfer may send notice of the presentation by registered or certified mail to the claimant at the address given by the claimant.
(2) If a corporation or transfer agent mails a notice as authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the corporation or transfer agent shall withhold the transfer for 30 days after the mailing and shall then make the transfer unless restrained by a court order.