{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-8-208","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12A:8-208","heading":"Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent.","body":"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.\nb.  Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under subsection a. of this section does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.\nL.1997,c.252,s.1.","path":["TITLE 12A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"9cc64cd6af0d897b792680435159c898854f72d133b452571e6a7bcc510972ba","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-8-207","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-8-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}