Nevada Revised Statutes 104.8115 – 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 his or her customer or principal, is not liable to a person having an adverse claim to the financial asset, unless he or she:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 104.8115
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
1. Took the action after he or she had been served with an injunction, restraining order or other legal process enjoining him or her 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 had been stolen, acted with notice of the adverse claim.