{"data":{"id":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-8208","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"13 Pa.C.S. § 8208","heading":"Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar or transfer agent.","body":"(a) General rule.--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) Limitation.--Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under subsection (a) does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.","path":["Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 82 ISSUE AND ISSUER"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=13\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=82\u0026sctn=8\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2025-12-01 (Statute Update stamp, 13 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:03Z","sha256":"4ad3e586e6c5efd0f0742dc6ab4aa1d04e5cff029b2f086fedb1f99bcf0bbd6d","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-8207","next":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-8209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}