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Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 8. · Article 8. INVESTMENT SECURITIES · Part 4. REGISTRATION

11-8-404. Wrongful registration.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 11-8-406, an issuer is liable for wrongful registration of transfer if the issuer has registered a transfer of a security to a person not entitled to it, and the transfer was registered:#

    1. (1)

      Pursuant to an ineffective indorsement or instruction;#

    2. (2)

      After a demand that the issuer not register transfer became effective under subsection (a) of Code Section 11-8-403 and the issuer did not comply with subsection (b) of Code Section 11-8-403;#

    3. (3)

      After the issuer had been served with an injunction, restraining order, or other legal process enjoining it from registering the transfer, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the issuer had a reasonable opportunity to act on the injunction, restraining order, or other legal process; or#

    4. (4)

      By an issuer acting in collusion with the wrongdoer.#

  2. (b)

    An issuer that is liable for wrongful registration of transfer under subsection (a) of this Code section on demand shall provide the person entitled to the security with a like certificated or uncertificated security, and any payments or distributions that the person did not receive as a result of the wrongful registration. If an overissue would result, the issuer’s liability to provide the person with a like security is governed by Code Section 11-8-210.#

  3. (c)

    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this Code section or in a law relating to the collection of taxes, an issuer is not liable to an owner or other person suffering loss as a result of the registration of a transfer of a security if registration was made pursuant to an effective indorsement or instruction.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 11-8-404, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1323, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t11-(v9)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V9, 2022 edition, page 690; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 ad397fccbf21.