{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-8-208","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:8-208","heading":"Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar, or transfer agent.","body":"(a)\nA person signing a security certificate as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, warrants to a purchaser for value of the certificated security, if the purchaser is without notice of a particular defect, that:\n(1)\nThe certificate is genuine;\n(2)\nThe person’s own participation in the issue of the security is within the person’s capacity and within the scope of the authority received by the person from the issuer; and\n(3)\nThe person has reasonable grounds to believe that the certificated security is in the form and within the amount the issuer is authorized to issue.\n\n(b)\nUnless otherwise agreed, a person signing under subsection (a) of this section does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 8. Investment Securities.","Part II. Issue and Issuer."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:8-208","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a485470312bce2b54e20800c01e8f4c43ed272ba2c8d5ca9633461b2396bb9ef","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-8-207","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-8-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}