Sec. 8.115. SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY AND OTHERS NOT LIABLE TO ADVERSE CLAIMANT. A securities intermediary that has transferred a financial asset pursuant to an effective entitlement order, or a broker or other agent or bailee that has dealt with a financial asset at the direction of its customer or principal, is not liable to a person having an adverse claim to the financial asset, unless the securities intermediary, or broker or other agent or bailee:
(1) took the action after it had been served with an injunction, restraining order, or other legal process enjoining it from doing so issued by a court of competent jurisdiction and had a reasonable opportunity to act on the injunction, restraining order, or other legal process;
(2) acted in collusion with the wrongdoer in violating the rights of the adverse claimant; or
(3) in the case of a security certificate that has been stolen, acted with notice of the adverse claim.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 962, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 8 - Investment Securities
Subchapter A. Short Title and General Matters
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 8.112. Creditor's Legal Process
Section 8.113. Statute of Frauds Inapplicable
Section 8.114. Evidentiary Rules Concerning Certificated Securities
Section 8.115. Securities Intermediary and Others Not Liable to Adverse Claimant
Section 8.116. Securities Intermediary as Purchaser for Value