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HomeCommercial CodeDiv. 9Ch. 2§ 9206 Security Interests Financial Assets

§ 9206 Security Interests Financial Assets

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§ 9206 Security Interests Financial Assets

Key Takeaways

  • •If you buy stocks or bonds through a broker and don't pay right away, the broker gets a special right to your investment until you pay.
  • •This right helps the broker make sure you pay for what you bought.
  • •If someone gives you a paper stock certificate or similar document, they get a special right to it until you pay them.
  • •This rule only applies to deals between businesses that normally trade these kinds of investments.

Example

You buy 10 shares of a company through your online broker but don't pay immediately.

The broker gets a special right to those shares until you pay. If you don't pay, the broker can take actions to get their money.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 9206 Security Interests Financial Assets

(a) A security interest in favor of a securities intermediary attaches to a person’s security entitlement if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The person buys a financial asset through the securities intermediary in a transaction in which the person is obligated to pay the purchase price to the securities intermediary at the time of the purchase. (2) The securities intermediary credits the financial asset to the buyer’s securities account before the buyer pays the securities intermediary. (b) The security interest described in subdivision (a) secures the person’s obligation to pay for the financial asset. (c) A security interest in favor of a person that delivers a certificated security or other financial asset represented by a writing attaches to the security or other financial asset if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The security or other financial asset satisfies both of the following: (A) In the ordinary course of business it is transferred by delivery with any necessary endorsement or assignment. (B) It is delivered under an agreement between persons in the business of dealing with those securities or financial assets. (2) The agreement calls for delivery against payment. (d) The security interest described in subdivision (c) secures the obligation to make payment for the delivery. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991 and Section 9701.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

security interestsecurities intermediarysecurity entitlementfinancial asset

Related Statutes

  • § 8116 Securities Intermediary Purchaser Rights
  • § 8501 Securities Account Entitlements
  • § 8511 Priority Of Security Entitlements
  • § 2210 Contract Performance Delegation Rules
  • § 4210 Bank Security Interest Rules

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Commercial Code. Section 9206.
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