Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Section 8.205
Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate

An unauthorized signature placed on a security certificate before or in the course of issue is ineffective, but the signature is effective in favor of a purchaser for value of the certificated security if the purchaser is without notice of the lack of authority and the signing has been done by:

(1)

an authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or other person entrusted by the issuer with the signing of the security certificate or of similar security certificates or with the immediate preparation for signing of any of them; or

(2)

an employee of the issuer, or of any of the persons listed in Subdivision (1), entrusted with responsible handling of the security certificate.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 962, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 8.205 — Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.­8.­htm#8.­205 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

8.101
Short Title 8.102
Definitions 8.103
Rules for Determining Whether Certain Obligations and Interests Are Securities or Financial Assets 8.104
Acquisition of Security or Financial Asset or Interest Therein 8.105
Notice of Adverse Claim 8.106
Control 8.107
Whether Indorsement, Instruction, or Entitlement Order Is Effective 8.108
Warranties in Direct Holding 8.109
Warranties in Indirect Holding 8.110
Applicability 8.111
Clearing Corporation Rules 8.112
Creditor’s Legal Process 8.113
Statute of Frauds Inapplicable 8.114
Evidentiary Rules Concerning Certificated Securities 8.115
Securities Intermediary and Others Not Liable to Adverse Claimant 8.116
Securities Intermediary as Purchaser for Value 8.201
Issuer 8.202
Issuer’s Responsibility and Defenses 8.203
Staleness as Notice of Defect or Defense 8.204
Effect of Issuer’s Restriction on Transfer 8.205
Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate 8.206
Completion or Alteration of Security Certificate 8.207
Rights and Duties of Issuer with Respect to Registered Owners 8.208
Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent 8.209
Issuer’s Lien 8.210
Overissue 8.301
Delivery 8.302
Rights of Purchaser 8.303
Protected Purchaser 8.304
Indorsement 8.305
Instruction 8.306
Effect of Guaranteeing Signature, Indorsement, or Instruction 8.307
Purchaser’s Right to Requisites for Registration of Transfer 8.401
Duty of Issuer to Register Transfer 8.402
Assurance that Indorsement or Instruction Is Effective 8.403
Demand that Issuer Not Register Transfer 8.404
Wrongful Registration 8.405
Replacement of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate 8.406
Obligation to Notify Issuer of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate 8.407
Authenticating Trustee, Transfer Agent, and Registrar 8.501
Securities Account 8.502
Assertion of Adverse Claim Against Entitlement Holder 8.503
Property Interest of Entitlement Holder in Financial Asset Held by Securities Intermediary 8.504
Duty of Securities Intermediary to Maintain Financial Asset 8.505
Duty of Securities Intermediary with Respect to Payments and Distributions 8.506
Duty of Securities Intermediary to Exercise Rights as Directed by Entitlement Holder 8.507
Duty of Securities Intermediary to Comply with Entitlement Order 8.508
Duty of Securities Intermediary to Change Entitlement Holder’s Position to Other Form of Security Holding 8.509
Specification of Duties of Securities Intermediary by Other Statute or Regulation 8.510
Rights of Purchaser of Security Entitlement from Entitlement Holder 8.511
Priority Among Security Interests and Entitlement Holders
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 8.205’s source at texas​.gov