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These forms are used for common account activities and updates, including transferring assets, linking accounts and adding new features such as checkwriting and margin.
Transfer assets from an account at another firm into your Scottrade Account.
Allows a primary authorized account holder access and trading capabilities in secondary accounts. Only non-professional accounts may be linked, which include individual, joint, custodial, and all types of IRAs and Trusts.
Complete this form to be reimbursed account transfer fees up to $100 charged by another broker when you transfer your account with a value of $10,000 or more to Scottrade.
Wire funds out of your Scottrade account to a bank or other financial institution. A $20.00 fee applies to domestic wire transfers and a $40.00 fee applies to international wire transfers.
Change the mailing and/or home address on one or more of your accounts.
Complete this form to add checkwriting to your account. A Visa check card is also available for Individual, Joint and Self-Administered Trust Accounts.
Transfer cash and/or securities to another account using this form.
Add margin trading to an existing account. Trading on margin is the pracitce of buying securities with money borrowed from the brokerage firm.
Request options trading for a new or existing account. Custodial accounts and qualified retirement plans (excluding IRAs) are limited to covered call writing.
For accounts opened online, a physical signature is required to perform certain account activities such as wire transfers, IRA distributions and account linking.
Trading Authorization appoints and authorizes an individual of your choice to act on your behalf for your account.
Complete this form if you would like to take a distribution from your Traditional/Roth IRA.
The Transfer on Death Agreement is a beneficiary plan which covers the assets in your account upon the death of the final account holder. Only available for Individual or Joint Accounts.
Click on one of the account types below for the necessary account-opening instructions and forms. For additional features such as account linking, options or trading authorization, go to the Categories tab and click on "Account Features & Updates."
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open an Individual or Joint Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
The Transfer on Death Agreement is a beneficiary plan which covers the assets in your account upon the death of the final account holder. Only available for Individual or Joint Accounts.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a Traditional, Rollover or SEP IRA.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Read the Agreement & Disclosures before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a Roth IRA.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Read the Agreement & Disclosures before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a Custodial, Conservatorship or Guardianship Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a Trust Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Complete this form in addition to the Brokerage Account Application if you are opening a Trust Account.
The officer signing this certificate and the officer signing the application must be two different people.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a Coverdell ESA.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Read the Agreement & Disclosures before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a Corporate Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
The officer signing this certificate and the officer signing the application must be two different people.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open an Investment Club, Partnership or Limited Partnership Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
All participants must sign, except in the case of a Limited Partnership in which all General Partners must sign.
The terms and conditions that investment clubs must comply with in order to establish the account.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open an Inherited IRA.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open an LLC or LLP Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Complete this form to open an account on behalf of a Limited Liability Company.
Complete this form to open an account on behalf of a Limited Liability Partnership.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a SIMPLE IRA.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Read the Agreement & Disclosures before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a SIMPLE Plan Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Complete and return pages one and two and retain a copy of pages three, four and five for your records.
Read this Document and retain a copy for your records; you do not need to return it.
Provide these forms to participating employees (see p.1 for more information).
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a Sole Proprietorship, Non-Corporate or Organizational Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Complete this form to certify that you are the sole owner of your company.
This form is needed to open an account on behalf of a business that is not a corporation.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open a Qualified Plan Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
Use this form when opening a pension plan or profit sharing plan to certify its legitimacy. A copy of the plan adoption agreement must be submitted with this form.
Printable instructions on the conditions, forms and additional documents required to open an DVP Account.
Read this Agreement before signing the Application and retain a copy for your records. You do not need to return this document.
The officer signing this certificate and the officer signing the application must be two different people.
The establishment of an Estate Account is not always necessary; you may be able to distribute assets out of the existing account. Because form and document requirements vary, please contact your local branch office for assistance.
Click on a category below; for account opening paperwork, go to "New Account Forms."
Allows a primary authorized account holder access and trading capabilities in secondary accounts. Only non-professional accounts may be linked, which include individual, joint, custodial, and all types of IRAs and Trusts.
Scottrade requires this form to establish an Estate account upon the death of an individual or joint account holder.
When there is a discrepancy between the name on a form the name Scottrade has on record.
Change the mailing and/or home address on one or more of your accounts.
Complete this form to add checkwriting to your account. A Visa check card is also available for Individual, Joint and Self-Administered Trust Accounts.
Complete this form to exercise stock options. The Intent to Exercise is valid for one month.
Add margin trading to an existing account. Trading on margin is the pracitce of buying securities with money borrowed from the brokerage firm.
Request options trading for a new or existing account. Custodial accounts and qualified retirement plans (excluding IRAs) are limited to covered call writing.
For accounts opened online, a physical signature is required to perform certain account activities such as wire transfers, IRA distributions and account linking.
Trading Authorization appoints and authorizes an individual of your choice to act on your behalf for your account.
The Transfer on Death Agreement is a beneficiary plan which covers the assets in your account upon the death of the final account holder. Only available for Individual or Joint Accounts.
This form must be notarized in order to complete any distribution from an account with a TOD Agreement on file.
Wire funds out of your Scottrade account to a bank or other financial institution. A $20.00 fee applies to domestic wire transfers and a $40.00 fee applies to international wire transfers.
The Charitable Gift LOA authorizes the transfer of stock from your account to a charitable organization.
Use this form to add checkwriting to your account. A Visa check card is also available for certain account types.
Complete this form if you would like to take a distribution from your Coverdell ESA.
This form should be used by the beneficial owner of an Inherited IRA to request distributions from the account.
Stock/bond powers are used when a securities transfer involves a physical stock certificate that has not been signed or was signed incorrectly. This form will act in lieu of a signature on the actual document.
Complete this form to deposit a certificate that is registered to someone other than the Scottrade account holder.
Used when the sole proprietor wishes to make deposits into a personal account from a checking account established for the proprietorship, and/or to make deposits to the proprietorship from a personal checking account.
Notification that a certificate that had been previously lost has been found and the client is relinquishing the hold on it.
Complete this form if you would like to take a distribution from your Traditional/Roth IRA.
This form must be notarized in order to complete any distribution from an account with a TOD Agreement on file.
Transfer assets from an account at another firm into your Scottrade Account.
Complete this form to be reimbursed account transfer fees up to $100 charged by another broker when you transfer your account with a value of $10,000 or more to Scottrade.
Wire funds out of your Scottrade account to a bank or other financial institution. A $20.00 fee applies to domestic wire transfers and a $40.00 fee applies to international wire transfers.
The Charitable Gift LOA authorizes the transfer of stock from your account to a charitable organization.
Use this form when depositing stock into a corporate account.
Designation does not take effect until the original custodian is removed, resigns in writing, or becomes incapacitated or deceased. This is not a designation of a substitute custodian.
Transfer shares to your Scottrade account from a transfer agent.
Transfer shares from your Scottrade account to a transfer agent.
Transfer cash and/or securities to another account using this form.
Authorizes an officer of the non-corporate organization to endorse certificates registered in the name of the organization.
This letter is used as written instruction to cancel your outgoing account transfer request.
Notification that a certificate that had been previously lost has been found and the client is relinquishing the hold on it.
Wire funds out of your Scottrade account to a bank or other financial institution. A $20.00 fee applies to domestic wire transfers and a $40.00 fee applies to international wire transfers.
The Charitable Gift LOA authorizes the transfer of stock from your account to a charitable organization.
Use this form when depositing stock into a corporate account.
Request to transfer your account information and assets to a new account number.
Use this form to deposit a check (made payable to Scottrade) into a third-party Scottrade account.
Contribute to your IRA or ESA account by making a transfer from another Scottrade Account.
Transfer cash and/or securities to another account using this form.
Complete this form to deposit a certificate that is registered to someone other than the Scottrade account holder.
Authorizes a fund company to re-register an account to Scottrade as the custodian.
Complete this form to change your current dividend and/or capital gain options.
Authorizes an officer of the non-corporate organization to endorse certificates registered in the name of the organization.
Complete this form to claim breakpoint discounts for funds purchased through Scottrade.
Authorizes a fund company to re-register an account to Scottrade as the custodian.
Complete this form to change your current dividend and/or capital gain options.
Establish periodic purchases or redemptions for mutual funds; use a separate form for each purchase or redemption.
Cancel systematic purchases or redemptions; use a separate form for each purchase or redemption.
This form is used to calculate your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for tax purposes. To take the distribution you must complete a Distribution Request.
Update beneficiary information for your Coverdell ESA.
Complete this form if you would like to take a distribution from your Coverdell ESA.
Move assets from a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Both IRAs must be established for the conversion to take place.
Complete this form in addition to the Brokerage Account Application if you are opening a Trust Account.
Update beneficiary information for your Inherited IRA.
This form should be used by the beneficial owner of an Inherited IRA to request distributions from the account.
Update beneficiary information for your Traditional, Roth or SIMPLE IRA.
Move previously-converted funds from a Roth IRA back to a Traditional IRA or move current-year contributions from a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.
Contribute to your IRA or ESA account by making a transfer from another Scottrade Account.
Complete this form if you would like to take a distribution from your Traditional/Roth IRA.
Locate forms by name; for account opening paperwork, go to "New Account Forms."
Allows a primary authorized account holder access and trading capabilities in secondary accounts. Only non-professional accounts may be linked, which include individual, joint, custodial, and all types of IRAs and Trusts.
Transfer assets from an account at another firm into your Scottrade Account.
Complete this form to be reimbursed account transfer fees up to $100 charged by another broker when you transfer your account with a value of $10,000 or more to Scottrade.
Scottrade requires this form to establish an Estate account upon the death of an individual or joint account holder.
This form is needed to open an account on behalf of a business that is not a corporation.
Wire funds out of your Scottrade account to a bank or other financial institution. A $20.00 fee applies to domestic wire transfers and a $40.00 fee applies to international wire transfers.
This form is used to calculate your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for tax purposes. To take the distribution you must complete a Distribution Request.
When there is a discrepancy between the name on a form the name Scottrade has on record.
Change the mailing and/or home address on one or more of your accounts.
The Charitable Gift LOA authorizes the transfer of stock from your account to a charitable organization.
Complete this form to add checkwriting to your account. A Visa check card is also available for Individual, Joint and Self-Administered Trust Accounts.
Use this form when depositing stock into a corporate account.
The officer signing this certificate and the officer signing the application must be two different people.
Update beneficiary information for your Coverdell ESA.
Complete this form if you would like to take a distribution from your Coverdell ESA.
Designation does not take effect until the original custodian is removed, resigns in writing, or becomes incapacitated or deceased. This is not a designation of a substitute custodian.
Move assets from a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Both IRAs must be established for the conversion to take place.
Transfer shares to your Scottrade account from a transfer agent.
Transfer shares from your Scottrade account to a transfer agent.
Complete this form to exercise stock options. The Intent to Exercise is valid for one month.
This form shows that the customer has taken action against being a target of fraud.
Update beneficiary information for your Inherited IRA.
This form should be used by the beneficial owner of an Inherited IRA to request distributions from the account.
The terms and conditions that investment clubs must comply with in order to establish the account.
Update beneficiary information for your Traditional, Roth or SIMPLE IRA.
Move previously-converted funds from a Roth IRA back to a Traditional IRA or move current-year contributions from a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.
Stock/bond powers are used when a securities transfer involves a physical stock certificate that has not been signed or was signed incorrectly. This form will act in lieu of a signature on the actual document.
Request to transfer your account information and assets to a new account number.
Use this form to deposit a check (made payable to Scottrade) into a third-party Scottrade account.
Contribute to your IRA or ESA account by making a transfer from another Scottrade Account.
Transfer cash and/or securities to another account using this form.
Complete this form to open an account on behalf of a Limited Liability Company.
Complete this form to open an account on behalf of a Limited Liability Partnership.
Complete this form to deposit a certificate that is registered to someone other than the Scottrade account holder.
Add margin trading to an existing account. Trading on margin is the pracitce of buying securities with money borrowed from the brokerage firm.
Complete this form to claim breakpoint discounts for funds purchased through Scottrade.
Authorizes a fund company to re-register an account to Scottrade as the custodian.
Complete this form to change your current dividend and/or capital gain options.
Establish periodic purchases or redemptions for mutual funds; use a separate form for each purchase or redemption.
Cancel systematic purchases or redemptions; use a separate form for each purchase or redemption.
Authorizes an officer of the non-corporate organization to endorse certificates registered in the name of the organization.
Request options trading for a new or existing account. Custodial accounts and qualified retirement plans (excluding IRAs) are limited to covered call writing.
All participants must sign, except in the case of a Limited Partnership in which all General Partners must sign.
Use this form when opening a pension plan or profit sharing plan to certify its legitimacy. A copy of the plan adoption agreement must be submitted with this form.
Remove position(s) from your account when stock has become worthless.
This letter is used as written instruction to cancel your outgoing account transfer request.
This is not a designation of a substitute custodian. The appointment of successor custodian shall in no way affect any existing or prior liabilities resulting from any transactions initiated by the resigning custodian.
Necessary for the deposit physical stock certificates into a corporate account when the corporation has a sole officer.
This form is used when clients have physical limitations which prevent them from being able to sign the required forms.
For accounts opened online, a physical signature is required to perform certain account activities such as wire transfers, IRA distributions and account linking.
This form is to be used by employers when remitting contributions to their Scottrade SIMPLE IRA plan.
Used when the sole proprietor wishes to make deposits into a personal account from a checking account established for the proprietorship, and/or to make deposits to the proprietorship from a personal checking account.
Complete this form to certify that you are the sole owner of your company.
Notification that a certificate that had been previously lost has been found and the client is relinquishing the hold on it.
Trading Authorization appoints and authorizes an individual of your choice to act on your behalf for your account.
Complete this form if you would like to take a distribution from your Traditional/Roth IRA.
The Transfer on Death Agreement is a beneficiary plan which covers the assets in your account upon the death of the final account holder. Only available for Individual or Joint Accounts.
This form must be notarized in order to complete any distribution from an account with a TOD Agreement on file.
Complete this form in addition to the Brokerage Account Application if you are opening a Trust Account.
For the visually impaired to acknowledge that they have designated someone to facilitate their review of various account documents.




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Margin trading involves interest charges and risks, including the potential to lose more than deposited or the need to deposit additional collateral in a falling market. The Margin Disclosure Statement and Agreement (PDF) is available for download, or it is available at one of our branch offices. It contains information on our lending policies, interest charges, and the risks associated with margin accounts.
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Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of mutual fund carefully before investing. A prospectus contains this and other information about the fund and is available through www.scottrade.com or through a Scottrade branch office. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. No transaction fee (NTF) funds are subject to the terms and conditions of the NTF funds program. Scottrade is compensated by the funds participating in the NTF program through recordkeeping, shareholder, or SEC 12b-1 fees.
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