§ 71-902 — Definitions.

Oklahoma § 71-902

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 71: Securities

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As used in the Oklahoma Uniform TOD Security Registration Act, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security which 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; 2. "Devisee" means any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal property; 3. "Heirs" means those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent; 4. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an organization, or other legal entity; 5. "Personal representative" includes executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status; 6. "Property" includes both real and personal property or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership; 7. "Register", including its derivatives, means: a. to issue a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security, b. in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities, or c. in the case of a certificated or uncertificated security titled in the name of a registering entity or its nominee on behalf of one or more beneficial owners, to initiate or transfer an account showing beneficial ownership of securities; 8. "Registering entity" means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker or a bank maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities; 9. "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; 10. "Security account" means: a. a reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker or a bank, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, 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, or b. 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; and 11. "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1994, c. 208, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 313, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.