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Fla. Stat. § 678.1151 (2025)

Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant.

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678.1151 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; or
(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.
History.s. 1, ch. 98-11.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: First Fin. Bank v. Fox Capital Grp. Inc. (S.D. Ohio 2022).
First Fin. Bank v. Fox Capital Grp. Inc. (S.D. Ohio 2022). “5 ( Fla. Stat. § 678.1151 ). In re Tuscany Energy, LLC, 581 B.”
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