§ 357.15 How can a debtor's interest in a Security Entitlement be reached by creditors?

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Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance > CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY > SUBCHAPTER A—BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE > PART 357—REGULATIONS GOVERNING BOOK-ENTRY TREASURY BONDS, NOTES AND BILLS HELD IN TREASURY/RESERVE AUTOMATED DEBT ENTRY SYSTEM (TRADES) AND LEGACY TREASURY DIRECT > Subpart B—Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System (TRADES)

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(a) The interest of a debtor may be reached by creditors only by legal process upon the Securities Intermediary with whom the debtor's securities account is maintained. Exception: If a Security Entitlement is maintained in the name of a secured party, the debtor's interest may be reached by legal process upon the secured party.

(b) These regulations do not state whether a Federal Reserve Bank is required to honor an order or other notice of attachment in any particular case or class of cases.

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§ 357.15 How can a debtor's interest in a Security Entitlement be reached by creditors? · 31 CFR § 357.15 | Frix