§ 4-25-105 — Joint tenancy in stock certificate

Arkansas § 4-25-105

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 4

Text

(a) In any instance in which any corporation or cooperative association organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas may issue any stock certificate or other form of certificate of any character evidencing ownership or equity in the corporation or cooperative association in two (2) or more persons and shall use the word "or" between the names of the persons to whom it is issued so as to cause it to read in the alternative, the persons to whom the certificate is issued in this form shall hold and own the same as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, and full and complete ownership of the certificate so issued shall pass and belong to the last survivor of the persons so named. (b) Any one (1) of the persons to whom any certificate may be issued in manner and form as provided in subsection (a) of this section may endorse, assign, or transfer the certificate as fully and as effectively as could all persons therein named joining together. The endorsement, assignment, or transfer so made shall be fully binding on all persons named therein.

Legislative History

Acts 1959, No. 161, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 50-110, 50-111.