§ 8—201.
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§ 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, to evidence a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or to evidence its duty to perform an obligation represented by the certificate;
(2)creates a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes an obligation, that is an uncertificated security;
(3)directly or indirectly creates a fractional interest in its rights or property, if the fractional interest is represented by a security certificate; or
(4)becomes responsible for, or in place of, another person described as an issuer in this section.
(b)With respect to an obligation on or defense to a security, a guarantor is an issuer to the extent of its guaranty, whether or not its obligation is noted on a security certificate.
(c)With respect to a registration of a transfer, issuer means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained. (Added 1995, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.)