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Difficulty: EasyCustomer Account Types and Ownership Structures

Three business partners are opening a joint brokerage account and considering a Tenants in Common (TIC) registration. Which of the following statements regarding a Tenants in Common account structure are CORRECT?

  1. Upon the death of a tenant, their fractional ownership interest passes to their designated estate or beneficiaries.Answer
  2. Any authorized joint tenant named on the account can independently place orders to trade securities.Answer
  3. C
    Surviving tenants automatically inherit the deceased owner's share of assets without entering probate.
  4. D
    Disbursements and checks drawn from the account may be made payable solely to any individual tenant upon request.

Answer

The correct statements are that upon a tenant's death, their fractional interest passes to their estate, and any named joint tenant can independently execute trades on the account.
In a Tenants in Common (TIC) account structure, each owner retains a specific percentage of ownership, and upon death, their proportion transfers to their estate rather than surviving account holders. Additionally, standard joint account trading rules allow any individual tenant to initiate trade orders on the account.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the primary survivorship characteristic of a Tenants in Common (TIC) account structure.
Unlike JTWROS, a TIC account passes the deceased tenant's specific percentage share to their estate, requiring probate proceedings.
TIC agreements preserve individual ownership proportions for estate planning.
2
Evaluate trading and disbursement authority rules for joint accounts.
Any owner can initiate trading activity, but all checks and disbursements must be made payable jointly to all account holders.
FINRA rules mandate joint payable designations on checks to safeguard asset ownership.

Key Concept

Tenants in Common (TIC) Account Ownership Rules
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