2012 Florida Statutes
TITLE XL — REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 711 — FLORIDA UNIFORM TRANSFER-ON-DEATH SECURITY REGISTRATION ACT
711.501 — Definitions.

711.501 Definitions.—In ss. 711.50-711.512, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

(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)  Devisee means any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal property.

(3)  Heirs means those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent.

(4)  Person means an individual, a corporation, an organization, or other legal entity.

(5)  Personal representative includes an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status.

(6)  Property includes both real and personal property or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership.

(7)  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 showing ownership of securities.

(8)  Registering entity means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities.

(9)  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.

(10)  Security account means:

(a) A reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, 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;

(b) An investment management account, investment advisory account, investment agency account, custody account, or any other type of account with a bank or trust company, including the securities in the account, the cash balance in the account, and cash equivalents, and any 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

(c) 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.

(11)  State includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.

History.—s. 3, ch. 94-216; s. 1, ch. 2005-85.