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2025 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 85 - Security Entitlements
Section 8505 - Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions

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13 PA Cons Stat § 8505 (2025)
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§ 8505. Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions.

(a) Duty of securities intermediary to obtain payment or distribution.--A securities intermediary shall take action to obtain a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if:

(1) the securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or

(2) in the absence of agreement, the securities intermediary exercises due care in accordance with reasonable commercial standards to attempt to obtain the payment or distribution.

(b) Obligation of securities intermediary to entitlement holder.--A securities intermediary is obligated to its entitlement holder for a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset if the payment or distribution is received by the securities intermediary.

Cross References. Section 8505 is referred to in sections 8503, 8509 of this title.

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