Effective: January 1, 1998
Latest Legislation: House Bill 170 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) "Appropriate person" means:
(1) With respect to an indorsement, the person specified by a security certificate or by an effective special indorsement to be entitled to the security;
(2) With respect to an instruction, the registered owner of an uncertificated security;
(3) With respect to an entitlement order, the entitlement holder;
(4) If the person designated in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is deceased, the designated person's successor taking under other law or the designated person's personal representative acting for the estate of the decedent; or
(5) If the person designated in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section lacks capacity, the designated person's guardian, conservator, or other similar representative who has power under other law to transfer the security or financial asset.
(B) An indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is effective if:
(1) It is made by the appropriate person;
(2) It is made by a person who has power under the law of agency to transfer the security or financial asset on behalf of the appropriate person, including, in the case of an instruction or entitlement order, a person who has control under division (C)(2) or (D)(2) of section 1308.24 of the Revised Code; or
(3) The appropriate person has ratified it or is otherwise precluded from asserting its ineffectiveness.
(C) An indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order made by a representative is effective even if:
(1) The representative has failed to comply with a controlling instrument or with the law of the state having jurisdiction of the representative relationship, including any law requiring the representative to obtain court approval of the transaction; or
(2) The representative's action in making the indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order or using the proceeds of the transaction is otherwise a breach of duty.
(D) If a security is registered in the name of or specially indorsed to a person described as a representative, or if a securities account is maintained in the name of a person described as a representative, an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order made by the person is effective even though the person is no longer serving in the described capacity.
(E) Effectiveness of an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is determined as of the date the indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is made, and an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order does not become ineffective by reason of any later change of circumstances.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 13 | Commercial Transactions
Chapter 1308 | Investment Securities
Section 1308.01 | Definitions - Ucc 8-102.
Section 1308.03 | Overissue Defined - Effect - Ucc 8-210.
Section 1308.04 | Evidentiary Rules Concerning Certificate Securities - Ucc 8-114.
Section 1308.05 | Applicability - Choice of Law - Ucc 8-110.
Section 1308.06 | Clearing Corporation Rules - Ucc 8-111.
Section 1308.07 | Statute of Frauds Inapplicable - Ucc 8-113.
Section 1308.08 | Issuer - Ucc 8-201.
Section 1308.09 | Issuer's Responsibility and Defenses - Notice of Defect or Defense - Ucc 8-202.
Section 1308.10 | Staleness as Notice of Defect or Defense - Ucc 8-203.
Section 1308.12 | Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate - Ucc 8-205.
Section 1308.13 | Completion or Alteration of Security Certificate - Ucc 8-206.
Section 1308.14 | Rights and Duties of Issuer With Respect to Registered Owners - Ucc 8-207.
Section 1308.16 | Rights of Purchaser - Ucc 8-302.
Section 1308.17 | Protected Purchaser - Ucc 8-303.
Section 1308.18 | Acquisition of Security or Financial Asset or Interest Therein - Ucc 8-104.
Section 1308.19 | Notice of Adverse Claim - Ucc 8-105.
Section 1308.20 | Warranties in Direct Holding - Ucc 8-108.
Section 1308.21 | Warranties in Indirect Holding - Ucc 8-109.
Section 1308.22 | Indorsement - Ucc 8-304.
Section 1308.23 | Whether Indorsement, Instruction, or Entitlement Order Is Effective - Ucc 8-107.
Section 1308.24 | Control - Ucc 8-106.
Section 1308.25 | Instruction - Ucc 8-305.
Section 1308.26 | Effect of Guaranteeing Signature, Indorsement, or Instruction - Ucc 8-306.
Section 1308.27 | Delivery - Ucc 8-301.
Section 1308.29 | Fulfilling Duty to Transfer.
Section 1308.30 | Wrongful Transfer of Security.
Section 1308.31 | Purchaser's Right to Requisites for Registration of Transfer - Ucc 8-307.
Section 1308.32 | Creditor's Legal Process - Ucc 8-112.
Section 1308.37 | Duty of Issuer to Register Transfer - Ucc 8-401.
Section 1308.38 | Assurance That Indorsement or Instruction Is Effective - Ucc 8-402.
Section 1308.39 | Demand That Issuer Not Register Transfer - Ucc 8-403.
Section 1308.40 | Wrongful Registration - Ucc 8-404.
Section 1308.42 | Authenticating Trustee, Transfer Agent, and Registrar - Ucc 8-407.
Section 1308.52 | Assertion of Adverse Claim Against Entitlement Holder - Ucc 8-502.
Section 1308.54 | Duty of Securities Intermediary to Maintain Financial Asset - Ucc 8-504.
Section 1308.57 | Duty of Securities Intermediary to Comply With Entitlement Holder - Ucc 8-507.
Section 1308.60 | Rights of Purchaser of Security Entitlement From Entitlement Holder - Ucc 8-510.
Section 1308.61 | Priority Among Security Interests and Entitlement Holders - Ucc 8-511.