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Title 11, Article 8-A: INVESTMENT SECURITIES

Part 1: SHORT TITLE AND GENERAL MATTERS

11 §8-1101. Short title 
11 §8-1102. Definitions 
11 §8-1103. Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets 
11 §8-1104. Acquisition of security or financial asset or interest in a security or financial asset 
11 §8-1105. Notice of adverse claim 
11 §8-1106. Control 
11 §8-1107. Whether indorsement, instruction or entitlement order is effective 
11 §8-1108. Warranties in direct holding 
11 §8-1109. Warranties in indirect holding 
11 §8-1110. Applicability; choice of law 
11 §8-1111. Clearing corporation rules 
11 §8-1112. Creditor's legal process 
11 §8-1113. Statute of frauds inapplicable 
11 §8-1114. Evidentiary rules concerning certificated securities 
11 §8-1115. Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant 
11 §8-1116. Securities intermediary as purchaser for value 

Part 2: ISSUE AND ISSUER

11 §8-1201. Issuer 
11 §8-1202. Issuer's responsibility and defenses; notice of defect or defense 
11 §8-1203. Staleness as notice of defect or defense 
11 §8-1204. Effect of issuer's restriction on transfer 
11 §8-1205. Effect of unauthorized signature on security certificate 
11 §8-1206. Completion or alteration of security certificate 
11 §8-1207. Rights and duties of issuer with respect to registered owners 
11 §8-1208. Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar or transfer agent 
11 §8-1209. Issuer's lien 
11 §8-1210. Overissue 

Part 3: TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATED AND UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES

11 §8-1301. Delivery 
11 §8-1302. Rights of purchaser 
11 §8-1303. Protected purchaser 
11 §8-1304. Indorsement 
11 §8-1305. Instruction 
11 §8-1306. Effect of guaranteeing signature, indorsement or instruction 
11 §8-1307. Purchaser's right to requisites for registration of transfer 

Part 4: REGISTRATION

11 §8-1401. Duty of issuer to register transfer 
11 §8-1402. Assurance that indorsement or instruction is effective 
11 §8-1403. Demand that issuer not register transfer 
11 §8-1404. Wrongful registration 
11 §8-1405. Replacement of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken security certificate 
11 §8-1406. Obligation to notify issuer of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken security certificate 
11 §8-1407. Authenticating trustee, transfer agent and registrar 

Part 5: SECURITY ENTITLEMENTS

11 §8-1501. Securities account; acquisition of security entitlement from securities intermediary 
11 §8-1502. Assertion of adverse claim against entitlement holder 
11 §8-1503. Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary 
11 §8-1504. Duty of securities intermediary to maintain financial asset 
11 §8-1505. Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions 
11 §8-1506. Duty of securities intermediary to exercise rights as directed by entitlement holder 
11 §8-1507. Duty of securities intermediary to comply with entitlement order 
11 §8-1508. Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder's position to other form of security holding 
11 §8-1509. Specification of duties of securities intermediary by other statute or regulation; manner of performance of duties of securities intermediary and exercise of rights of entitlement holder 
11 §8-1510. Rights of purchaser of security entitlement from entitlement holder 
11 §8-1511. Priority among security interests and entitlement holders 
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