2017 Maryland Code
Commercial Law
Title 8 - Investment Securities
Subtitle 3 - Transfer of Certificated and Uncertificated Securities
§ 8-304. Indorsement

Universal Citation: MD Comm L Code § 8-304 (2017)
  • (a) An indorsement may be in blank or special. An indorsement in blank includes an indorsement to bearer. A special indorsement specifies to whom a security is to be transferred or who has power to transfer it. A holder may convert a blank indorsement to a special indorsement.
  • (b) An indorsement purporting to be only of part of a security certificate representing units intended by the issuer to be separately transferable is effective to the extent of the indorsement.
  • (c) An indorsement, whether special or in blank, does not constitute a transfer until delivery of the certificate on which it appears or, if the indorsement is on a separate document, until delivery of both the document and the certificate.
  • (d) If a security certificate in registered form has been delivered to a purchaser without a necessary indorsement, the purchaser may become a protected purchaser only when the indorsement is supplied. However, against a transferor, a transfer is complete upon delivery and the purchaser has a specifically enforceable right to have any necessary indorsement supplied.
  • (e) An indorsement of a security certificate in bearer form may give notice of an adverse claim to the certificate, but it does not otherwise affect a right to registration that the holder possesses.
  • (f) Unless otherwise agreed, a person making an indorsement assumes only the obligations provided in ยง 8-108 of this title and not an obligation that the security will be honored by the issuer.
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