Section 8–505. (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) the securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty 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 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.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 8 - Investment Securities
Section 8-404 - Wrongful Registration
Section 8-403 - Demand That Issuer Not Register Transfer
Section 8-402 - Assurance That Indorsement or Instruction Is Effective
Section 8-401 - Duty of Issuer to Register Transfer
Section 8-303 - Protected Purchaser
Section 8-405 - Replacement of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate
Section 8-306 - Effect of Guaranteeing Signature, Indorsement, or Instruction
Section 8-501 - Securities Account; Acquisition of Security Entitlement From Securities Intermediary
Section 8-502 - Assertion of Adverse Claim Against Entitlement Holder
Section 8-504 - Duty of Securities Intermediary to Maintain Financial Asset
Section 8-505 - Duty of Securities Intermediary With Respect to Payments and Distributions
Section 8-506 - Duty of Securities Intermediary to Exercise Rights as Directed by Entitlement Holder
Section 8-507 - Duty of Securities Intermediary to Comply With Entitlement Order
Section 8-510 - Rights of Purchaser of Security Entitlement From Entitlement Holder
Section 8-511 - Priority Among Security Interests and Entitlement Holders
Section 8-302 - Rights of Purchaser
Section 8-407 - Authenticating Trustee, Transfer Agent, and Registrar
Section 8-307 - Purchaser's Right to Requisites for Registration of Transfer
Section 8-104 - Acquisition of Security or Financial Asset or Interest Therein
Section 8-105 - Notice of Adverse Claim
Section 8-107 - Whether Indorsement, Instruction, or Entitlement Order Is Effective
Section 8-108 - Warranties in Direct Holding
Section 8-109 - Warranties in Indirect Holding
Section 8-110 - Applicability; Choice of Law
Section 8-111 - Clearing Corporation Rules
Section 8-207 - Rights and Duties of Issuer With Respect to Registered Owners
Section 8-113 - Statute of Frauds Inapplicable
Section 8-208 - Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent
Section 8-112 - Creditor's Legal Process
Section 8-205 - Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate
Section 8-204 - Effect of Issuer's Restriction on Transfer
Section 8-203 - Staleness as Notice of Defect or Defense
Section 8-206 - Completion or Alteration of Security Certificate
Section 8-116 - Securities Intermediary as Purchaser for Value
Section 8-115 - Securities Intermediary and Others Not Liable to Adverse Claimant
Section 8-114 - Evidentiary Rules Concerning Certificated Securities
Section 8-202 - Issuer's Responsibility and Defenses; Notice of Defect or Defense