Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant

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  • 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:

    • (1) 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; or

    • (2) acted in collusion with the wrongdoer in violating the rights of the adverse claimant; or

    • (3) in the case of a security certificate that has been stolen, acted with notice of the adverse claim.


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