2020 Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 36. Trust Administration
Article 3. Trustees.
Sec. 13.36.135. Holding stock in name of nominee.
(a) A trustee of a trust owning stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, or other written obligations of a public or private corporation may hold the obligations in the name of a nominee, without mention of the trust in the records of the corporation or in the stock certificate or stock registration book of the corporation, if
(1) the trust records and all reports or accounts rendered by the trustee clearly show the ownership of the stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, or other written obligations of the public or private corporation by the trustee and the facts regarding the holding by the trustee; and
(2) the nominee deposits with the trustee a signed statement showing the trust ownership, endorses the stock certificate or other title instruments for the obligations in blank, and does not have possession of or access to the stock certificate or other title instruments for the obligations except under the immediate supervision of the trustee.
(b) A trustee holding obligations under (a) of this section is personally liable for a loss to the trust resulting from an act of the nominee in connection with the stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, or other written obligations held under (a) of this section.
