Oklahoma § 18-1039 Stock certificates – Uncertificated shares.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 18-1039 — Stock certificates – Uncertificated shares.

Oklahoma § 18-1039

Title 18Corporations

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1039 (2026).

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STOCK CERTIFICATES; UNCERTIFICATED SHARES The shares of a corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until the certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by any two authorized officers of the corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar wh

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STOCK CERTIFICATES; UNCERTIFICATED SHARES The shares of a corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until the certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by any two authorized officers of the corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. A corporation shall not have the power to issue a certificate in bearer form.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1986, c. 292, § 39, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 255, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 253, § 8; Laws 2017, c. 323, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2017. NOTE: Laws 2008, c. 382, § 315, which changed the effective date of Laws 2008, c. 253, §§ 1-47 to Jan. 1, 2010, was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008 OK 102 (2009).