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NRS 162.150 – Short title.

NRS 162.150 to 162.250, inclusive, may be cited as the Act for Simplification of Fiduciary Security Transfers. (Added to NRS by 1959, 605)

NRS 162.160 – Definitions.

As used in NRS 162.150 to 162.250, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Assignment” includes any written stock power, bond power, bill of sale, deed, declaration of trust or other instrument of transfer. 2. “Claim of beneficial interest” includes a claim of any interest by a decedent’s legatee, distributee, heir or creditor, a beneficiary […]

NRS 162.170 – Registration in name of fiduciary.

A corporation or transfer agent registering a security in the name of a person who is a fiduciary or who is described as a fiduciary is not bound to inquire into the existence, extent or correct description of the fiduciary relationship, and thereafter the corporation and its transfer agent may assume without inquiry that the […]

NRS 162.180 – Assignment by fiduciary.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 162.150 to 162.250, inclusive, a corporation or transfer agent making a transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary: 1. May assume without inquiry that the assignment, even though to the fiduciary or to a nominee of the fiduciary, is within his or her authority and […]

NRS 162.220 – Nonliability of third person.

1. No person who participates in the acquisition, disposition, assignment or transfer of a security by or to a fiduciary, including a person who guarantees the signature of the fiduciary, is liable for participation in any breach of fiduciary duty by reason of failure to inquire whether the transaction involves such a breach unless it […]

NRS 162.230 – Application of NRS 162.150 to 162.250, inclusive.

The provisions of NRS 162.150 to 162.250, inclusive, apply to the rights and duties of a person other than the issuing corporation and its transfer agents with regard to acts and omission in this state in connection with the acquisition, disposition, assignment or transfer of a security by or to a fiduciary and of a […]

NRS 162.240 – Tax obligations.

NRS 162.150 to 162.250, inclusive, do not affect any obligation of a corporation or transfer agent with respect to any taxes imposed by the laws of this state. (Added to NRS by 1959, 605)

NRS 162.250 – Uniformity of interpretation.

NRS 162.150 to 162.250, inclusive, shall be so construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them. (Added to NRS by 1959, 605)