South Carolina Statutes
§ 36-8-208 — Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar, or transfer agent.
(a)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:
(1)the certificate is genuine;
(2)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 (3) 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.
(b)Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under subsection (a) does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10.8-208; 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.