In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
- 1. "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security that indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will become the owner of the security on the owner's death.
- 2. "Register" means to issue a certificate that shows the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account that shows ownership of securities.
- 3. "Registering entity" means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration and includes a broker who maintains security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person who acts for or as an issuer of securities.
- 4. "Security" means any share, participation or other interest in property, in a business or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer and includes a certificated security, an uncertificated security and a security account.
5. "Security account" means:
- (a) A reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, interest, earnings or dividends earned or declared on a security in an account, a reinvestment account or a brokerage account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.
- (b) A cash balance or any other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.
- (c) An investment management or custody account with a trust company or a trust division of a bank with trust powers, and includes the securities in the account, a cash balance in the account, cash, cash equivalents, interest and earnings or dividends earned or declared on a security in the account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.