P.R. Laws tit. 19, § 1715

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§ 1715. 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 —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, added as § 8-115 on Sept. 19, 1996, No. 241, § 12.