Code of Virginia - Title 8.8A Commercial Code - Investment Securities - Section 8.8A-508 Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder's position to other form of security h...

§ 8.8A-508. Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder's position to other form of security h...

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 securities account of the entitlement holder with another securities intermediary. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if:

(1) the securities intermediary acts 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 follow the direction of the entitlement holder.

(1996, c. 216.)

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