47-3307

47-3307. Notice of breach of fiduciary
duty

A. In this section:

1. "Fiduciary" means an agent, trustee, partner, corporate officer or director or
other representative owing a fiduciary duty with respect to an instrument.

2. "Represented person" means the principal, beneficiary, partnership, corporation
or other person to whom the duty stated in paragraph 1 of this subsection is owed.

B. If an instrument is taken from a fiduciary for payment or collection or for
value, the taker has knowledge of the fiduciary status of the fiduciary and the
represented person makes a claim to the instrument or its proceeds on the basis that the
transaction of the fiduciary is a breach of fiduciary duty, the following rules apply:

1. Notice of breach of fiduciary duty by the fiduciary is notice of the claim of
the represented person.

2. In the case of an instrument payable to the represented person or the fiduciary
as such, the taker has notice of the breach of fiduciary duty if the instrument is:

(a) Taken in payment of or as security for a debt known by the taker to be the
personal debt of the fiduciary;

(b) Taken in a transaction known by the taker to be for the personal benefit of the
fiduciary; or

3. If an instrument is issued by the represented person or the fiduciary as such,
and made payable to the fiduciary personally, the taker does not have notice of the
breach of fiduciary duty unless the taker knows of the breach of fiduciary duty.

4. If an instrument is issued by the represented person or the fiduciary as such,
to the taker as payee, the taker has notice of the breach of fiduciary duty if the
instrument is:

(a) Taken in payment of or as security for a debt known by the taker to be the
personal debt of the fiduciary;

(b) Taken in a transaction known by the taker to be for the personal benefit of the
fiduciary; or