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N.Y. U.C.C. 8-113

Statute of Frauds Generally Inapplicable

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As of January 1, 2015
Section 8--113. Statute of Frauds Generally Inapplicable.\n (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a contract or modification\nof a contract for the sale or purchase of a security is enforceable\nwhether or not there is a writing signed or record authenticated by a\nparty against whom enforcement is sought, even if the contract or\nmodification is not capable of performance within one year of its\nmaking.\n (b) A contract or modification of a contract for the sale or purchase\nof a cooperative interest is void unless the contract or some note or\nmemorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, is in writing,\nsubscribed by the party to be charged, or by his lawful agency thereunto\nauthorized by writing.\n (1) there is some writing signed by the party against whom\n enforcement is sought which describes the security and states\n its price; or\n (2) the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in its\n pleading, testimony, or otherwise in court that a contract\n was made for the sale of the security and the admission\n describes the security and states its price.\n
Section 8--113. Statute of Frauds Generally Inapplicable.\n (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a contract or modification\nof a contract for the sale or purchase of a security is enforceable\nwhether or not there is a writing signed or record authenticated by a\nparty against whom enforcement is sought, even if the contract or\nmodification is not capable of performance within one year of its\nmaking.\n (b) A contract or modification of a contract for the sale or purchase\nof a cooperative interest is void unless the contract or some note or\nmemorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, is in writing,\nsubscribed by the party to be charged, or by his lawful agency thereunto\nauthorized by writing.\n

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