Section 5501 Of Part 3. Uniform Tod Security Registration Act From California Probate Code >> Division 5. >> Part 3.
5501
. For purposes of this part:
(a) "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security that
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.
(b) "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.
(c) "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.
(d) "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.
(e) (1) "Security account" means any of the following:
(A) A reinvestment account associated with a security, a
securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage
account, cash, cash equivalents, 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 or custody account with a trust
company or a trust department of a bank with trust powers, including
the securities in the account, the cash balance in the account, and
cash equivalents, and 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.
(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.
(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, "cash equivalent" means
an investment that is easily converted into cash, including, treasury
bills, treasury notes, money market funds, savings bonds, short-term
instruments, and short-term obligations.
(f) This section may not be construed to govern cash equivalents
in multiple-party accounts that are governed by the California
Multiple-Party Accounts Law, Part 2 (commencing with Section 5100).