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Section 55-4-9 - Holding stock in name of nominee.

55-4-9. Holding stock in name of nominee. A trustee owning any stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, or other written obligations of any public or private corporation may hold the same in the name of a nominee, without mention of the trust in the records of such corporation or in the stock certificate or stock registration book of such corporation; provided that
(1) The trust records and all reports or accounts rendered by the trustee clearly show the ownership of such stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, or other written obligations of such public or private corporation by the trustee and the facts regarding its holding; and
(2) The nominee shall deposit with the trustee a signed statement showing the trust ownership, shall endorse the stock certificate or other said instrument in blank, and shall not have possession of the stock certificate or other said instrument or access thereto except under the immediate supervision of the trustee.
The trustee shall be personally liable for any loss to the trust resulting from any act of such nominee in connection with stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, or other written obligations of any public or private corporation so held.

Source: SL 1943, ch 308, § 9; SDC Supp 1960, § 59.0509; SL 1967, ch 338.

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