North Dakota Code § 41-08-51

2. An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial asset
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under subsection 1 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.
3. An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial asset 
under subsection 1 may be enforced against the securities intermediary only by 
exercise of the entitlement holder's rights under sections 41-08-45 through 41-08-48.
4. An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial asset 
under subsection 1 may be enforced against a purchaser of the financial asset or 
interest therein only if:
a. Insolvency proceedings have been initiated by or against the securities 
intermediary;
b. The securities intermediary does not have sufficient interests in the financial 
asset to satisfy the security entitlements of all of its entitlement holders to that 
financial asset;
c. The securities intermediary violated its obligations under section 41 -08-44 by 
transferring the financial asset or interest therein to the purchaser; and

d. The purchaser is not protected under subsection 5.
The trustee or other liquidator, acting on behalf of all entitlement holders having 
security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, may recover the 
financial asset, or interest therein, from the purchaser. If the trustee or other liquidator 
elects not to pursue that right, an entitlement holder whose security entitlement 
remains unsatisfied has the right to recover its interest in the financial asset from the 
purchaser.
5. An action based on the entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a 
particular financial asset under subsection 1, whether framed in conversion, replevin, 
constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory, may not be asserted against any 
purchaser of a financial asset or interest therein who gives value, obtains control, and 
does not act in collusion with the securities intermediary in violating the securities 
intermediary's obligations under section 41-08-44.

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