South Carolina Statutes
§ 36-8-206 — Completion or alteration of security certificate.
(a)If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect:
(1)any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized; and (2) even if the blanks are incorrectly filled in, the security certificate as completed is enforceable by a purchaser who took it for value and without notice of the incorrectness.
(b)A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10.8-206; 1966 (54) 2716; 1991 Act No. 161, SECTION 1; 2001 Act No. 67, SECTION 5.
Nearby Sections
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§ 36-8-101
Short title.§ 36-8-102
Definitions.§ 36-8-103
Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets.§ 36-8-105
Notice of adverse claim.§ 36-8-106
Control.§ 36-8-108
Warranties in direct holding.§ 36-8-109
Warranties in indirect holding.§ 36-8-110
Applicability; choice of law.§ 36-8-111
Clearing corporation rules.§ 36-8-112
Creditor's legal process.§ 36-8-113
Statute of frauds inapplicable.