Cal. Com. Code § 8508
8508
Effective Jan 1, 1997Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 497, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.
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 it does either of the following:
- (1) The securities intermediary acts as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary.
- (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.