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Statutes > Alaska > Title-13 > Chapter-13-46 > Sec-13-46-080

(a) Custodial property is created and a transfer is made when

(1) an uncertificated security or a certificated security in registered form is either

(A) registered in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"; or

(B) delivered if in certificated form, or a document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security is delivered, together with any necessary endorsement to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodian, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form set out in (b) of this section;

(2) money is paid or delivered to a broker or financial institution for credit to an account in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act";

(3) the ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract is either

(A) registered with the issuer in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"; or

(B) assigned in a writing delivered to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company whose name in the assignment is followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act";

(4) an irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment or an irrevocable present right to future payment under a contract is the subject of a written notification delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor that the right is transferred to the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, whose name in the notification is followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the

Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act";

(5) an interest in real property is recorded in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act";

(6) a certificate of title issued by a department or agency of a state or of the United States that evidences title to tangible personal property is either

(A) issued in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"; or

(B) delivered to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company, endorsed to that person followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"; or

(7) an interest in property not described in (1) - (6) of this subsection is transferred to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company by a written instrument in substantially the form set out in (b) of this section.

(b) An instrument in the following form satisfies the requirements of (a)(1)(B) and (a)(7) of this section: "TRANSFER UNDER THE ALASKA UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT

I, ________ (name of transferor or name and representative capacity if a fiduciary) hereby transfer to ________ (name of custodian), as custodian for ________ (name of minor) under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, the following: (insert a description of the custodial property sufficient to identify it).

Dated:

_________

________________ (Signature)

________ (name of custodian) has received the property described above as custodian for the minor named above under the Alaska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

Dated:

_________

_________" (Signature of Custodian)