{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-8-201","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-8-201","heading":"Issuer.","body":"(a) With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an “issuer” includes a person that:\n(1) Places or authorizes the placing of its name on a security certificate, other than as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, to evidence a share, participation or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or to evidence its duty to perform an obligation represented by the certificate;\n(2) Creates a share, participation or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes an obligation, that is an uncertificated security;\n(3) Directly or indirectly creates a fractional interest in its rights or property, if the fractional interest is represented by a security certificate; or\n(4) Becomes responsible for, or in place of, another person described as an issuer in this section.\n(b) With respect to an obligation on or defense to a security, a guarantor is an issuer to the extent of its guaranty, whether or not its obligation is noted on a security certificate.\n(c) With respect to a registration of a transfer, issuer means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained.","path":["TITLE 42a. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","ARTICLE 8*. INVESTMENT SECURITIES","PART 2. ISSUE AND ISSUER"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/art_008.htm#sec_42a-8-201","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"ec0f6239f1ac22050121738ce59af3a7711c65bca496b56decefa20c579eadec","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-8-116","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-8-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}