Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 6. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS ON DEATH

Part 3. Uniform TOD Security Registration Act

Registration In Beneficiary Form -- Applicable Law

72-6-303. Registration in beneficiary form -- applicable law. (1) A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by this or a similar statute of the state:

(a) of organization of the issuer or registering entity;

(b) of the location of the registering entity's principal office;

(c) of the office of its transfer agent or its office making the registration; or

(d) listed as the owner's address at the time of registration.

(2) A registration governed by the law of a jurisdiction in which this or similar legislation is not in force or was not in force when a registration in beneficiary form was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as a matter of contract law.

History: En. Sec. 105, Ch. 494, L. 1993.