North Dakota Century Code Title 41. Uniform Commercial Code § 41-03-33. (3-307) Notice of breach of fiduciary duty

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

2. In the case of an instrument payable to the represented person of the fiduciary, as such, the taker has notice of the breach of fiduciary duty if the instrument is taken in payment of or as security for a debt known by the taker to be the personal debt of the fiduciary, taken in a transaction known by the taker to be for the personal benefit of the fiduciary, or deposited to an account other than an account of the fiduciary, as such or an account of the represented person.

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 the 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 taken in payment of or as security for a debt known by the taker to be the personal debt of the fiduciary, taken in a transaction known by the taker to be for the personal benefit of the fiduciary, or deposited to an account other than an account of the fiduciary, as such, or an account of the represented person.