{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-8-106","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-8-106","heading":"Control.","body":"(a)\tA purchaser has \"control\" of a certificated security in bearer form if the certificated security is delivered to the purchaser.\n(b)\tA purchaser has \"control\" of a certificated security in registered form if the certificated security is delivered to the purchaser, and either of the following applies:\n(1)\tThe certificate is indorsed to the purchaser or in blank by an effective indorsement.\n(2)\tThe certificate is registered in the name of the purchaser, upon original issue or registration of transfer by the issuer.\n(c)\tA purchaser has \"control\" of an uncertificated security if either of the following applies:\n(1)\tThe uncertificated security is delivered to the purchaser.\n(2)\tThe issuer has agreed that it will comply with instructions originated by the purchaser without further consent by the registered owner.\n(d)\tA purchaser has \"control\" of a security entitlement if any of the following applies:\n(1)\tThe purchaser becomes the entitlement holder.\n(2)\tThe securities intermediary has agreed that it will comply with entitlement orders originated by the purchaser without further consent by the entitlement holder.\n(3)\tEither of the following applies to another person, other than the transferor to the purchaser of an interest in the security entitlement:\na.\tThe other person has control of the security entitlement and acknowledges that it has control on behalf of the purchaser.\nb.\tThe other person obtains control of the security entitlement after having acknowledged that it will obtain control of the security entitlement on behalf of the purchaser.\n(e)\tIf an interest in a security entitlement is granted by the entitlement holder to the entitlement holder's own securities intermediary, the securities intermediary has control.\n(f)\tA purchaser that has satisfied the requirements of subsection (c) or (d) of this section has control, even if the registered owner in the case of subsection (c) of this section or the entitlement holder in the case of subsection (d) of this section retains the right to make substitutions for the uncertificated security or security entitlement, to originate instructions or entitlement orders to the issuer or securities intermediary, or otherwise to deal with the uncertificated security or security entitlement.\n(g)\tAn issuer or a securities intermediary shall not enter into an agreement of the kind described in subdivision (c)(2) or (d)(2) of this section without the consent of the registered owner or entitlement holder, but an issuer or a securities intermediary is not required to enter into this kind of agreement even though the registered owner or entitlement holder so directs. An issuer or securities intermediary that has entered into this kind of agreement is not required to confirm the existence of the agreement to another party unless requested to do so by the registered owner or entitlement holder.\n(h)\tA person that has control under this section is not required to acknowledge that it has control on behalf of a purchaser.\n(i)\tIf a person acknowledges that it has or will obtain control on behalf of a purchaser, unless the person otherwise agrees or law other than this Article or Article 9 of this Chapter otherwise provides, the person does not owe any duty to the purchaser and is not required to confirm the acknowledgment to any other person. (1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1989, c. 588, s. 1; 1997-181, s. 1; 2000-169, s. 22; 2025-25, s. 148.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 8. Investment Securities.","Part 1. Short Title and General Matters."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-8-106.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"87b6cb136b48ebb7f849368e1bbc9a5f21f18f2842cd5c9754fe287327bbdb5d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-8-105","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-8-107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}