Ohio Code 1308.15 – Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar, or transfer agent – UCC 8-208
(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 purchaser is without notice of the particular defect, that:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1308.15
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(1) The certificate is genuine;
(2) The person’s own participation in the issue of the security is within the person’s capacity and within the scope of the authority received by the person from the issuer; and
(3) The person has reasonable grounds to believe the certificated security is in the form and within the amount the issuer is authorized to issue.
(B) Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under division (A) of this section does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.