Section 5508 Of Part 3. Uniform Tod Security Registration Act From California Probate Code >> Division 5. >> Part 3.
5508
. (a) A registering entity is not required to offer or to
accept requests for security registration in beneficiary form. If a
registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity,
the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form assents to the
protections given to the registering entity by this part.
(b) By accepting a request for registration of a security in
beneficiary form, the registering entity agrees that the registration
will be implemented as provided in this part.
(c) A registering entity is discharged from all claims to a
security by the estate, creditors, heirs, or devisees of a deceased
owner if it registers a transfer of the security in accordance with
Section 5507 and does so in good faith reliance (1) on the
registration, (2) on this part, and (3) on information provided to it
by affidavit of the personal representative of the deceased owner,
or by the surviving beneficiary or the surviving beneficiary's
representatives, or other information available to the registering
entity. The protections of this part do not extend to a
reregistration or payment made after a registering entity has
received written notice from any claimant to any interest in the
security objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary
form. No other notice or other information available to the
registering entity shall affect its right to protection under this
part.
(d) The protection provided by this part to the registering entity
of a security does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in
disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the
security transferred or its value or proceeds.