30-8-113. Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets. (1) A share or similar equity interest issued by a corporation, business trust, joint-stock company, or similar entity is a security.
(2) An "investment company security" is a security. "Investment company security" means a share or similar equity interest issued by an entity that is registered as an investment company under the federal investment company laws, an interest in a unit investment trust that is so registered, or a face-amount certificate issued by a face-amount certificate company that is so registered. Investment company security does not include an insurance policy or endowment policy or annuity contract issued by an insurance company.
(3) An interest in a partnership or limited liability company is not a security unless it is dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, its terms expressly provide that it is a security governed by this chapter, or it is an investment company security. However, an interest in a partnership or limited liability company is a financial asset if it is held in a securities account.
(4) A writing that is a security certificate is governed by this chapter and not by chapter 3, even though it also meets the requirements of that chapter. However, a negotiable instrument governed by chapter 3 is a financial asset if it is held in a securities account.
(5) An option or similar obligation issued by a clearing corporation to its participants is not a security, but is a financial asset.
(6) A commodity contract, as defined in 30-9A-102, is not a security or a financial asset.
(7) A document of title, as defined in 30-1-201(2)(q), is not a financial asset unless 30-8-112(1)(i)(C) applies.
History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 536, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 143, Ch. 305, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 575, L. 2005.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 8. Uniform Commercial Code Investment Securities
Part 1. Short Title and General Matters
30-8-109. through 30-8-111 reserved
30-8-114. Acquisition of security or financial asset or interest therein
30-8-115. Notice of adverse claim
30-8-117. Whether indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is effective
30-8-118. Warranties in direct holding
30-8-119. Warranties in indirect holding
30-8-120. Applicability -- choice of law
30-8-121. Clearing corporation rules
30-8-122. Creditor's legal process
30-8-123. Statute of frauds inapplicable
30-8-124. Evidentiary rules concerning certificated securities
30-8-125. Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant