Title 42a — Title 42a: Uniform Commercial Code

Sec. 42a-8-113. Statute of frauds inapplicable. A contract or modification of a contract for the sale or purchase of a security is enforceable whether or not there is a writing signed or record authenticated by a party against whom enforcement is sought, even if the contract or m…

Sec. 42a-8-114. Evidentiary rules concerning certificated securities. The following rules apply in an action on a certificated security against the issuer: (1) Unless specifically denied in the pleadings, each signature on a security certificate or in a necessary endorsement is a…

Sec. 42a-8-115. Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant. A securities intermediary that has transferred a financial asset pursuant to an effective entitlement order, or a broker or other agent or bailee that has dealt with a financial asset at the direct…

Sec. 42a-8-116. Securities intermediary as purchaser. A securities intermediary that receives a financial asset and establishes a security entitlement to the financial asset in favor of an entitlement holder is a purchaser for value of the financial asset. A securities intermedia…

Sec. 42a-8-201. Issuer. (a) With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an “issuer” includes a person that: (1) Places or authorizes the placing of its name on a security certificate, other than as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, t…

Sec. 42a-8-202. Issuer's responsibility and defenses; notice of defect or defense. (a) Even against a purchaser for value and without notice, the terms of a certificated security include terms stated on the certificate and terms made part of the security by reference on the certi…

Sec. 42a-8-203. Staleness as notice of defect or defense. After an act or event, other than a call that has been revoked, creating a right to immediate performance of the principal obligation represented by a certificated security or setting a date on or after which the security …

Sec. 42a-8-204. Effect of issuer's restriction on transfer. A restriction on transfer of a security imposed by the issuer, even if otherwise lawful, is ineffective against a person without knowledge of the restriction unless: (1) The security is certificated and the restriction i…

Sec. 42a-8-205. Effect of unauthorized signature on security certificate. An unauthorized signature placed on a security certificate before or in the course of issue is ineffective, but the signature is effective in favor of a purchaser for value of the certificated security if t…

Sec. 42a-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 i…

Sec. 42a-8-207. Rights and duties of issuer with respect to registered owners. (a) Before due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificated security in registered form or of an instruction requesting registration of transfer of an uncertificated security, the issuer …

Sec. 42a-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 purcha…

Sec. 42a-8-209. Issuer's lien. A lien in favor of an issuer upon a certificated security is valid against a purchaser only if the right of the issuer to the lien is noted conspicuously on the security certificate. (P.A. 97-182, S. 25.)

Sec. 42a-8-210. Overissue. (a) In this section, “overissue” means the issue of securities in excess of the amount the issuer has corporate power to issue, but an overissue does not occur if appropriate action has cured the overissue. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection…

Sec. 42a-8-301. Delivery. (a) Delivery of a certificated security to a purchaser occurs when: (1) The purchaser acquires possession of the security certificate; (2) Another person, other than a securities intermediary, either acquires possession of the security certificate on beh…

Sec. 42a-8-302. Rights of purchaser. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security acquires all rights in the security that the transferor had or had power to transfer. (b) A purchaser of a li…

Sec. 42a-8-303. Protected purchaser. (a) “Protected purchaser” means a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security, or of an interest therein, who: (1) Gives value; (2) Does not have notice of any adverse claim to the security; and (3) Obtains control of the certificat…

Sec. 42a-8-304. Endorsement. (a) An endorsement may be in blank or special. An endorsement in blank includes an endorsement to bearer. A special endorsement specifies to whom a security is to be transferred or who has power to transfer it. A holder may convert a blank endorsement…

Sec. 42a-8-305. Instruction. (a) If an instruction has been originated by an appropriate person but is incomplete in any other respect, any person may complete it as authorized and the issuer may rely on it as completed, even though it has been completed incorrectly. (b) Unless o…

Sec. 42a-8-306. Effect of guaranteeing signature, endorsement or instruction. (a) A person who guarantees a signature of an endorser of a security certificate warrants that at the time of signing: (1) The signature was genuine; (2) The signer was an appropriate person to endorse,…

Sec. 42a-8-307. Purchaser's right to requisites for registration of transfer. Unless otherwise agreed, the transferor of a security on due demand shall supply the purchaser with proof of authority to transfer or with any other requisite necessary to obtain registration of the tra…

Secs. 42a-8-308 to 42a-8-321. Endorsements; instructions. Effect of endorsement without delivery. Endorsement of certificated security in bearer form. Effect of unauthorized endorsement or instruction. Effect of guaranteeing signature, endorsement or instruction. When transfer to…

Sec. 42a-8-401. Duty of issuer to register transfer. (a) If a certificated security in registered form is presented to an issuer with a request to register transfer or an instruction is presented to an issuer with a request to register transfer of an uncertificated security, the …

Sec. 42a-8-402. Assurance that endorsement or instruction is effective. (a) An issuer may require the following assurance that each necessary endorsement or each instruction is genuine and authorized: (1) In all cases, a guaranty of the signature of the person making an endorseme…

Sec. 42a-8-403. Demand that issuer not register transfer. (a) A person who is an appropriate person to make an endorsement or originate an instruction may demand that the issuer not register transfer of a security by communicating to the issuer a notification that identifies the …

Sec. 42a-8-404. Wrongful registration. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 42a-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) Pursu…

Sec. 42a-8-405. Replacement of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken security certificate. (a) If an owner of a certificated security, whether in registered or bearer form, claims that the certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the issuer shall issue a new certif…

Sec. 42a-8-406. Obligation to notify issuer of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken security certificate. If a security certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed, or wrongfully taken, and the owner fails to notify the issuer of that fact within a reasonable time after the ow…

Sec. 42a-8-407. Authenticating trustee, transfer agent and registrar. A person acting as authenticating trustee, a transfer agent, registrar or other agent for an issuer in the registration of transfer of its securities, in the issue of new security certificates or uncertificated…

Sec. 42a-8-408. Statement of uncertificated securities. Section 42a-8-408 is repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (P.A. 79-435, S. 44; P.A. 97-182, S. 68.) PART 5 SECURITY ENTITLEMENTS

Sec. 42a-8-501. Securities account; acquisition of security entitlement from securities intermediary. (a) “Securities account” means an account to which a financial asset is or may be credited in accordance with an agreement under which the person maintaining the account undertak…

Sec. 42a-8-502. Assertion of adverse claim against entitlement holder. An action based on an adverse claim to a financial asset, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien or other theory, may not be asserted against a person who acquires a securit…

Sec. 42a-8-503. Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary. (a) To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security by entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, all interests in that financ…

Sec. 42a-8-504. Duty of securities intermediary to maintain financial asset. (a) A securities intermediary shall promptly obtain and thereafter maintain a financial asset in a quantity corresponding to the aggregate of all security entitlements it has established in favor of its …

Sec. 42a-8-505. Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions. (a) A securities intermediary shall take action to obtain a payment or distribution made by the issuer of a financial asset. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if: (1) The securi…

Sec. 42a-8-506. Duty of securities intermediary to exercise rights as directed by entitlement holder. A securities intermediary shall exercise rights with respect to a financial asset if directed to do so by an entitlement holder. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if: …

Sec. 42a-8-507. Duty of securities intermediary to comply with entitlement order. (a) A securities intermediary shall comply with an entitlement order if the entitlement order is originated by the appropriate person, the securities intermediary has had reasonable opportunity to a…

Sec. 42a-8-508. Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder's position to other form of security holding. A securities intermediary shall act at the direction of an entitlement holder to change a security entitlement into another available form of holding for whi…

Sec. 42a-8-509. Specification of duties of securities intermediary by other statute or regulation; manner of performance of duties of securities intermediary and exercise of rights of entitlement holder. (a) If the substance of a duty imposed upon a securities intermediary by sec…

Sec. 42a-8-510. Rights of purchaser of security entitlement from entitlement holder. (a) In a case not covered by the priority rules in article 9 or the rules stated in subsection (c) of this section, an action based on an adverse claim to a financial asset or security entitlemen…

Sec. 42a-8-511. Priority among security interests and entitlement holders. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, if a securities intermediary does not have sufficient interests in a particular financial asset to satisfy both its obligations …

Sec. 42a-8-601. Savings clause. (a) Public act 97-182* does not affect an action or proceeding commenced before October 1, 1997. (b) If a security interest in a security is perfected as of October 1, 1997, and the action by which the security interest was perfected would suffice …

Sec. 42a-9-101. Short title. This article may be cited as “Uniform Commercial Code–Secured Transactions”. (1959, P.A. 133, S. 9-101; P.A. 01-132, S. 1.) History: P.A. 01-132 replaced “shall be known and may be cited” with “may be cited”. Cited. 4 CA 58.

Sec. 42a-9-102. Definitions and index of definitions. (a) In this article: (1) “Accession” means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) “Account”, except as used in “account for”, means a right t…

Sec. 42a-9-103. Accounts, contract rights, general intangibles and equipment relating to another jurisdiction; incoming goods already subject to security interest. Section 42a-9-103 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 133, S. 9-103; 1963, P.A. 526, S. 21; P.A. 76-369, S. 8.)

Sec. 42a-9-103a. Purchase-money security interest. (a) In this section: (1) “Purchase-money collateral” means goods or software that secures a purchase-money obligation incurred with respect to that collateral; and (2) “Purchase-money obligation” means an obligation of an obligor…

Sec. 42a-9-104. Control of deposit account. (a) A secured party has control of a deposit account if: (1) The secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained; (2) The debtor, secured party and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will co…

Sec. 42a-9-105. Control of electronic chattel paper. (a) A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the chattel paper reliably establishes the secured party as the person to which the chattel paper was …

Sec. 42a-9-106. Control of investment property. (a) A person has control of a certificated security, uncertificated security or security entitlement as provided in section 42a-8-106. (b) A secured party has control of a commodity contract if: (1) The secured party is the commodit…

Sec. 42a-9-107. Control of letter-of-credit right. A secured party has control of a letter-of-credit right to the extent of any right to payment or performance by the issuer or any nominated person if the issuer or nominated person has consented to an assignment of proceeds of th…