{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-678.2011","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 678.2011","heading":"Issuer.","body":"(1) With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an “issuer” includes a person that:\n(a) 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(b) Creates a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes an obligation, that is an uncertificated security;\n(c) Directly or indirectly creates a fractional interest in its rights or property, if the fractional interest is represented by a security certificate; or\n(d) Becomes responsible for, or in place of, another person described as an issuer in this section.\n(2) 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(3) With respect to a registration of a transfer, issuer means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained.\nHistory.—s. 2, ch. 98-11.","path":["CHAPTER 678 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: INVESTMENT SECURITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0678/0678.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:11:55Z","sha256":"747c84dd5fecfa7e126a57c32928aa54fc6395e9f2b6d51e1d7470ac1dec42ed","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-678.1171","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-678.2021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}