California Code
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
Section 174.

174. “On the certificate” means that a statement appears on the face of a share certificate or on the reverse thereof with a reference thereto on the face or, in the case of an uncertificated security, that the applicable provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 8202 and Section 8204 of the Commercial Code have been complied with.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 497, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 1997.)