New Jersey Statutes 12A:8-208. Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12A:8-208
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
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. of this section does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.
L.1997,c.252,s.1.