California Commercial Code
§ 8503
COM § 8503 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 8 · Ch. 5
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary are held by the securities intermediary for the entitlement holders, are not property of the securities intermediary, and are not subject to claims of creditors of the securities intermediary, except as otherwise provided in Section 8511.
(b)An entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subdivision (a) is a pro rata property interest in all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary, without regard to the time the entitlement holder acquired the security entitlement or the time the securities intermediary acquired the interest in that financial asset.
(c)An entitlement holder’s property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under subdivision (a) may be enforced against the securities intermediary only by exercise of the entitlement holder’s rights under Sections 8505 to 8508, inclusive.
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Legislative history
Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 497, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.