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679.3011 – Law governing perfection and priority of security interests.

679.3011 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests.—Except as otherwise provided in ss. 679.1091, 679.3031, 679.3041, 679.3051, and 679.3061, the following rules determine the law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in collateral: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, while a debtor is located in […]

678.5011 – Securities account; acquisition of security entitlement from securities intermediary.

678.5011 Securities account; acquisition of security entitlement from securities intermediary.— (1) “Securities account” means an account to which a financial asset is or may be credited in accordance with an agreement under which the person maintaining the account undertakes to treat the person for whom the account is maintained as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise […]

678.5021 – Assertion of adverse claim against entitlement holder.

678.5021 Assertion of adverse claim against entitlement holder.—An action based on an adverse claim to a financial asset, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory, may not be asserted against a person who acquires a security entitlement under s. 678.5011 for value and without notice of the adverse claim. History.—s. 5, […]

678.5031 – Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary.

678.5031 Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary.— (1) To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary are held by the securities intermediary for the entitlement holders, are not […]

678.5041 – Duty of securities intermediary to maintain financial asset.

678.5041 Duty of securities intermediary to maintain financial asset.— (1) A securities intermediary shall promptly obtain and thereafter maintain a financial asset in a quantity corresponding to the aggregate of all security entitlements it has established in favor of its entitlement holders with respect to that financial asset. The securities intermediary may maintain those financial assets directly […]

678.5051 – Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions.

678.5051 Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions.— (1) 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: (a) The securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the […]

678.5071 – Duty of securities intermediary to comply with entitlement order.

678.5071 Duty of securities intermediary to comply with entitlement order.— (1) A securities intermediary shall comply with an entitlement order if the entitlement order is originated by the appropriate person, the securities intermediary has had reasonable opportunity to assure itself that the entitlement order is genuine and authorized, and the securities intermediary has had reasonable opportunity to […]

678.5081 – Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder’s position to other form of security holding.

678.5081 Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder’s position to other form of security holding.—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 […]

678.5091 – Specification of duties of securities intermediary by other statute or regulation; manner of performance of duties of securities intermediary and exercise of rights of entitlement holder.

678.5091 Specification of duties of securities intermediary by other statute or regulation; manner of performance of duties of securities intermediary and exercise of rights of entitlement holder.— (1) If the substance of a duty imposed upon a securities intermediary by ss. 678.5041-678.5081 is the subject of other statute, regulation, or rule, compliance with that statute, regulation, or […]