{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-8-208","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 106, § 8-208","heading":"Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent","body":"Section 8–208. (a) A 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) the certificate is genuine;\n(2) the 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) the 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(b) Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under paragraph (a) does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 106","Article 8"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter106/Section8-208","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:28Z","sha256":"4b11828b6ae0cee273573312e9bec68cbedae2e9b704f84a00d8751525a5170e","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-8-207","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-8-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}