§ 35-1-850 — Delay of a disbursement or transaction due to suspected financial exploitation.

(A) A broker-dealer or investment adviser may delay a disbursement from, or a transaction in connection with, an account of an eligible adult or an account on which an eligible adult is a beneficiary if: (1) the broker-dealer, the investment adviser, or a qualified individual reasonably believes that, after initiating an internal review of the requested disbursement or transaction and the suspected financial exploitation, the requested disbursement or transaction may result in the financial exploitation of the eligible adult; and (2) the broker-dealer or investment adviser: (a) immediately, and in no event more than two business days after the requested disbursement or transaction is delayed, provides written notification of the delay and the reason for the delay to all parties authorized to transact business on the account, unless any such party is reasonably believed to have engaged in the suspected or attempted financial exploitation of the eligible adult; (b) immediately, and in no event more than two business days after the requested disbursement or transaction is delayed, notifies the agencies; and (c) continues an internal review of the suspected or attempted financial exploitation of the eligible adult, as necessary, and provides status updates to the agencies upon request. (B) Any delay of a disbursement or transaction as authorized by this section will expire upon the sooner of: (1) a determination by the broker-dealer or investment adviser that the disbursement or transaction will not result in the financial exploitation of the eligible adult; or (2) thirty business days after the date on which the broker-dealer or investment adviser first delayed the requested disbursement or transaction, unless either of the agencies requests that the broker-dealer or investment adviser extends the delay, in which case the delay shall expire no more than fifty-five business days after the date on which the broker-dealer or investment adviser first delayed the disbursement or transaction, unless sooner terminated or extended by either of the agencies or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (C) The Court of Common Pleas may enter an order extending the delay of the disbursement or transaction, or may order other protective relief based on the petition of either of the agencies, the broker-dealer or investment adviser that initiated the delay under this section, or another interested party.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 84 (S.425), SECTION 2, eff May 18, 2021.