North Dakota Code § 41-08-15

(8-115) Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant
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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;
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.

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