Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title7 COMMERCIAL CODE. |
Article8. INVESTMENT SECURITIES. |
Part5. Security Entitlements. |
§7-8-508. Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder's position to other form of security holding.
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A securities intermediary shall act at the direction of an entitlement holder to change a security entitlement into another available form of holding for which the entitlement holder is eligible, or to cause the financial asset to be transferred to a securities account of the entitlement holder with another securities intermediary. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if:
(1) the securities intermediary acts as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or
(2) in the absence of agreement, the securities intermediary exercises due care in accordance with reasonable commercial standards to follow the direction of the entitlement holder.