{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31-4d-8","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 31-4D-8","heading":"Law governing registering or transferring securities; application of article.","body":"(a) The rights and duties of a corporation and its transfer agents in registering a security in the name of a fiduciary or in making a transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary are governed by the law of the jurisdiction under whose laws the corporation is organized.\n(b) This article applies to the rights and duties of a person other than the corporation and its transfer agents with regard to acts and omissions in this state in connection with the acquisition, disposition, assignment or transfer of a security by or to a fiduciary and of a person who guarantees in this state the signature of a fiduciary in connection with such a transaction.","path":["CHAPTER 31. CORPORATIONS.","ARTICLE 4D. UNIFORM ACT FOR SIMPLIFICATION OF FIDUCIARY SECURITY TRANSFERS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/31-4D-8/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:40Z","sha256":"325e9b31f3f488b5d1cf8b47616109f02993058555e18066603e96de23c7af6a","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31-4d-7","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31-4d-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}