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Uniform Commercial Code | |
Uniform Commercial Code - Investment Securities | |
Section 201 | Issuer. |
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70A-8-201. Issuer. (1) With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an "issuer" includes a person that: (a) places or authorizes the placing of its name on a security certificate, other than as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, to evidence a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or to evidence its duty to perform an obligation represented by the certificate; (b) creates a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes an obligation, that is an uncertificated security; (c) directly or indirectly creates a fractional interest in its rights or property, if the fractional interest is represented by a security certificate; or (d) becomes responsible for, or in place of, another person described as an issuer in this section. (2) With respect to an obligation on or defense to a security, a guarantor is an issuer to the extent of its guaranty, whether or not its obligation is noted on a security certificate. (3) With respect to a registration of a transfer, issuer means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained.
Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 204, 1996 General Session |
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