12A:8-508 - Duty of Securities Intermediary to Change Entitlement Holder's Position to Other Form of Security Holding
12A:8-508. Duty of Securities Intermediary to Change Entitlement Holder's Position to Other Form of Security Holding.
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:
a. the securities intermediary acts as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or
b. 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.
L.1997,c.252,s.1.