(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 issuer shall register the transfer as requested if:
(1) Under the terms of the security the person seeking registration of transfer is eligible to have the security registered in its name;
(2) The endorsement or instruction is made by the appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person;
(3) Reasonable assurance is given as provided in section 42a-8-402 that the endorsement or instruction is genuine and authorized;
(4) Any applicable law relating to the collection of taxes has been complied with;
(5) The transfer does not violate any restriction on transfer imposed by the issuer in accordance with section 42a-8-204;
(6) A demand that the issuer not register transfer has not become effective under section 42a-8-403, or the issuer has complied with subsection (b) of section 42a-8-403 but no legal process or indemnity bond is obtained as provided in subsection (d) of section 42a-8-403; and
(7) The transfer is in fact rightful or is to a protected purchaser.
(b) If an issuer is under a duty to register a transfer of a security, the issuer is liable to a person presenting a certificated security or an instruction for registration or to the person's principal for loss resulting from unreasonable delay in registration or failure or refusal to register the transfer.
(1959, P.A. 133, S. 8-401; P.A. 79-435, S. 37; P.A. 97-182, S. 34; P.A. 98-93, S. 7, 15.)
History: P.A. 79-435 specified “certificated” securities and made provisions applicable with respect to instructions requesting registration of transfer, pledge or release; P.A. 97-182 redesignated Subsec. (1) as Subsec. (a) and substantially revised said Subsec. and redesignated Subsec. (2) as Subsec. (b) and rephrased said Subsec.; P.A. 98-93 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1998.
Cited. 6 CA 530.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 8 - Investment Securities
Section 42a-8-101. - Short title: Uniform Commercial Code–Investment Securities.
Section 42a-8-102. - Definitions.
Section 42a-8-104. - Acquisition of security or financial asset or interest therein.
Section 42a-8-105. - Notice of adverse claim.
Section 42a-8-107. - Whether endorsement, instruction or entitlement order is effective.
Section 42a-8-108. - Warranties in direct holding.
Section 42a-8-109. - Warranties in indirect holding.
Section 42a-8-110. - Applicability; choice of law.
Section 42a-8-111. - Clearing corporation rules.
Section 42a-8-112. - Creditor's legal process.
Section 42a-8-113. - Statute of frauds inapplicable.
Section 42a-8-114. - Evidentiary rules concerning certificated securities.
Section 42a-8-115. - Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant.
Section 42a-8-116. - Securities intermediary as purchaser.
Section 42a-8-202. - Issuer's responsibility and defenses; notice of defect or defense.
Section 42a-8-203. - Staleness as notice of defect or defense.
Section 42a-8-204. - Effect of issuer's restriction on transfer.
Section 42a-8-205. - Effect of unauthorized signature on security certificate.
Section 42a-8-206. - Completion or alteration of security certificate.
Section 42a-8-207. - Rights and duties of issuer with respect to registered owners.
Section 42a-8-208. - Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar or transfer agent.
Section 42a-8-209. - Issuer's lien.
Section 42a-8-210. - Overissue.
Section 42a-8-301. - Delivery.
Section 42a-8-302. - Rights of purchaser.
Section 42a-8-303. - Protected purchaser.
Section 42a-8-304. - Endorsement.
Section 42a-8-305. - Instruction.
Section 42a-8-306. - Effect of guaranteeing signature, endorsement or instruction.
Section 42a-8-307. - Purchaser's right to requisites for registration of transfer.
Section 42a-8-401. - Duty of issuer to register transfer.
Section 42a-8-402. - Assurance that endorsement or instruction is effective.
Section 42a-8-403. - Demand that issuer not register transfer.
Section 42a-8-404. - Wrongful registration.
Section 42a-8-405. - Replacement of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken security certificate.
Section 42a-8-407. - Authenticating trustee, transfer agent and registrar.
Section 42a-8-408. - Statement of uncertificated securities.
Section 42a-8-502. - Assertion of adverse claim against entitlement holder.
Section 42a-8-504. - Duty of securities intermediary to maintain financial asset.
Section 42a-8-505. - Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions.
Section 42a-8-507. - Duty of securities intermediary to comply with entitlement order.
Section 42a-8-510. - Rights of purchaser of security entitlement from entitlement holder.
Section 42a-8-511. - Priority among security interests and entitlement holders.