2019 California Code
Commercial Code - COM
DIVISION 8 - INVESTMENT SECURITIES
CHAPTER 1 - Short Title and General Matters
Section 8109.
(a) A person who originates an entitlement order to a securities intermediary warrants all of the following to the securities intermediary:
(1) The entitlement order is made by an appropriate person, or if the entitlement order is by an agent, the agent has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person.
(2) There is no adverse claim to the security entitlement.
(b) A person who delivers a security certificate to a securities intermediary for credit to a securities account or originates an instruction with respect to an uncertificated security directing that the uncertificated security be credited to a securities account makes to the securities intermediary the warranties specified in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 8108.
(c) If a securities intermediary delivers a security certificate to its entitlement holder or causes its entitlement holder to be registered as the owner of an uncertificated security, the securities intermediary makes to the entitlement holder the warranties specified in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 8108.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 497, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
