Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 8. · Article 8. INVESTMENT SECURITIES · Part 5. SECURITY ENTITLEMENTS

11-8-505. Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions.

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(a)
A securities intermediary shall take action to obtain a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if:#
1. (1)
  The securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or#
2. (2)
  In the absence of agreement, the securities intermediary exercises due care in accordance with reasonable commercial standards to attempt to obtain the payment or distribution.#
(b)
A securities intermediary is obligated to its entitlement holder for a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset if the payment or distribution is received by the securities intermediary.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 11-8-505, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1323, § 1.

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