Section 8--115. Securities Intermediary and Others Not Liable to Adverse Claimant  


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  • A  securities  intermediary  that  has  transferred  a financial asset
      pursuant to an effective entitlement order, or a broker or  other  agent
      or  bailee that has dealt with a financial asset at the direction of its
      customer or principal, is not liable to a person having an adverse claim
      to the financial asset, unless the securities intermediary, or broker or
      other agent or bailee:
        (1) took the action after it  had  been  served  with  an  injunction,
      restraining  order,  or  other legal process enjoining it from doing so,
      issued by a court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  and  had  a  reasonable
      opportunity  to act on the injunction, restraining order, or other legal
      process; or
        (2) acted in collusion with the wrongdoer in violating the  rights  of
      the adverse claimant; or
        (3) in  the case of a security certificate that has been stolen, acted
      with notice of the adverse claim.