The rights and duties of a corporation and its transfer agent in registering a security in the name of a fiduciary or in making a transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary are governed by the law of the jurisdiction under whose laws the corporation is organized.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-2

  • Assignment: includes any written stock power, bond power, bill of sale, deed, declaration of trust, or other instrument of transfer. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1
  • 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.
  • Corporation: means a private or public corporation, association or trust issuing a security. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary: means a personal representative, trustee, guardian, committee, conservator, curator, tutor, custodian, or nominee. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1
  • 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.
  • Security: includes any share of stock, bond, debenture, note, or other security issued by a corporation which is registered as to ownership on the books of the corporation. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1
  • Transfer: means a change on the books of a corporation in the registered ownership of a security. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1

Source: SL 1961, ch 22, § 8 (1).