(1)  Any certificated registered public obligation is valid and binding, notwithstanding the fact that any authorized officer who signed it ceased to be an authorized officer before it is issued.

Terms Used In Utah Code 15-7-6

  • Authorized officer: means any individual required or permitted by any law or by the issuing public entity to execute on behalf of the public entity, a certificated registered public obligation or a writing relating to an uncertificated registered public obligation. See Utah Code 15-7-2
  • Certificated registered public obligation: means a registered public obligation which is represented by an instrument. See Utah Code 15-7-2
  • Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)  An authorized officer may adopt as and for the signature of such officer the signature of a predecessor in office if that predecessor’s signature appears on the certificated registered public obligation. An authorized officer incurs no liability by adoption of a predecessor’s signature that would not be incurred by such authorized officer if the signature were that of such authorized officer.

Enacted by Chapter 62, 1983 General Session