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D.C. Code § 28-2901 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “assignment” includes a written stock power, bond power, bill of sale, deed, declaration of trust or other instrument of transfer; (2) “claim of beneficial interest” includes a claim of any interest by a decedent’s legat…
D.C. Code § 28-2902 Registration in name of a fiduciary
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A corporation or transfer agent registering a security in the name of a person who is a fiduciary or who is described as a fiduciary is not bound to inquire into the existence, extent, or correct description of the fiduciary relationship, and thereafter the corporation and its tr…
D.C. Code § 28-2903 Assignment by fiduciary
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Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a corporation or transfer agent making a transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary: (1) may assume without inquiry that the assignment, even though to the fiduciary himself or his nominee, is within his authority…
D.C. Code § 28-2904 Evidence of appointment of incumbency
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A corporation or transfer agent making a transfer pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary who is not the registered owner shall require the following evidence of appointment or incumbency: (1) in the case of a fiduciary appointed or qualified by a court, a certificate issued by …