Kansas Statutes Chapter 17. Corporations § 17-49a01. Definitions

(a) “Beneficiary form” means a registration of a security which identifies the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person or persons who will become the owner or owners of the security upon the death of the owner.

(b) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, trust or an organization.

(c) “Register” including its derivatives, means to issue a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities.

(d) “Registering entity” means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities.

(e) “Security” means a certificated or uncertificated security as defined in K.S.A. 84-8-102, and amendments thereto, or as defined in K.S.A. 17-12a102, and amendments thereto, or a security account.

(f) “Security account” means (1) a reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, an agency account with a bank or trust company, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, interest, earnings or dividends earned or declared on a security in an account, a reinvestment account or a brokerage account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death, or (2) a cash balance or other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.

(g) “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.