{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12a-12a-8-205","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-8-205","heading":"Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security","body":"Certificate.\n\nEffect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate.\n\nAn unauthorized signature placed on a security certificate\n\nbefore or in the course of issue is ineffective, but the signature\n\nis effective in favor of a purchaser for value of the certificated\n\nsecurity if the purchaser is without notice of the lack of authority\n\nand the signing has been done by:\n\n(1) an authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent,\n\nor other person entrusted by the issuer with the\n\nsigning of the security certificate or of similar\n\nsecurity certificates, or the immediate preparation\n\nfor signing of any of them; or\n\n(2) an employee of the issuer, or of any of the persons\n\nlisted in paragraph (1) of this subsection, entrusted\n\nwith responsible handling of the security certificate.","path":["OK Code","Title 12A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0a2fc0f38308977bb04574b0b8fe08eca7a43b14f74ebac29860f70d5585f195","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12a-12a-8-204","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12a-12a-8-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}