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Iowa Code § 554.8208

Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar, or transfer agent

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 554–554 (631 sections).

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.8208]

1. A person signing a security certificate, as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, warrants to a purchaser for value of the certificated security, if the purchaser is without notice of a particular defect, that:

a. the certificate is genuine;

b. the person’s own participation in the issue of the security is within the person’s capacity and within the scope of the authority received by the person from the issuer; and

c. the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the certificated security is in the form and within the amount the issuer is authorized to issue.

2. Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under subsection 1 does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.

89 Acts, ch 113, §15; 96 Acts, ch 1138, §31, 84

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.