{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-78.2010","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 78.2010","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 stands 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.","path":["02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code","8. Commercial Transactions","Chapter 78 — Investment Securities"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors078.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"d9e40b752a3fdcd40cd35dc82d96c10268ed55cd690cda86bdcea1aace0cb273","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-78.1160","next":"us-or/ors-78.2020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}