Colorado Code § 15-15-301

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(1) "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security which indicates the present
owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will become the
owner of the security upon the death of the owner.
(2) "Register", including its derivatives, means to issue a certificate showing the
ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or
transfer an account, including but not limited to an account held on the books of the registering
entity, showing ownership of securities.
(3) "Registering entity" means a person who originates or transfers a security title by
registration, and includes a broker, bank, or trust company maintaining security accounts for
customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities.
(4) "Security" means a 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 (i) a reinvestment account associated with a security, a
securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, cash equivalents,
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;
(ii) an investment management or custody account with a trust company or a trust division of a
bank with trust powers, including the securities in the account, a cash balance in the account, and
cash, cash equivalents, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on a security in the
account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death; or (iii) a cash balance
or 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.

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