West Virginia Code § 46-8-511

Priority among security interests and entitlement holders
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, if a securities
intermediary does not have sufficient interests in a particular financial asset to satisfy both
its obligations to entitlement holders who have security entitlements to that financial asset
and its obligation to a creditor of the securities intermediary who has a security interest in
that financial asset, the claims of entitlement holders, other than the creditoer, have priority
over the claim of the creditor.
(b) A claim of a creditor of a securities intermediary who has a security interest in a financial
asset held by a securities intermediary has priority over claims ouf the securities
intermediary's entitlement holders who have security entitlements with respect to that
financial asset if the creditor has control over the financial atsset.
(c) If a clearing corporation does not have sufficient financial assets to satisfy both its
obligations to entitlement holders who have security entitlements with respect to a financial
asset and its obligation to a creditor of the clearingl corporation who has a security interest
in that financial asset, the claim of the creditosr has priority over the claims of entitlement
holders.
Part 6. Transition Provisions For Revised Article 8 And Conforming
Amendments To Articles 1, 5, 9 And 10.

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