[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR306.100]

[Page 178]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 306_GENERAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING U.S. SECURITIES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart L_Transfer Through Judicial Proceedings
 
Sec.  306.100  Transferable securities.


    The Department will recognize valid judicial proceedings affecting 
the ownership of or interest in transferable securities, upon 
presentation of the securities together with evidence of the 
proceedings. In the case of securities registered in the names of two or 
more persons, the extent of their respective interests in the securities 
must be determined by the court in proceedings to which they are parties 
or must otherwise be validly established.\10\
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    \10\ Title in a finder claiming ownership of a registered security 
will not be recognized. A finder claiming ownership of a bearer security 
or a registered security assigned in blank or so assigned as to become 
in effect payable to bearer must perfect his title in accordance with 
the provisions of State law. If there are no such provisions, the 
Department will not recognize his title to the security.
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