{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-8-201","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 46-8-201","heading":"Issuer.","body":"(a) With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an \"issuer\" includes a person that:\n(1) 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(2) Creates a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes an obligation, that is an uncertificated security;\n(3) Directly or indirectly creates a fractional interest in its rights or property, if the fractional interest is represented by a security certificate; or\n(4) Becomes responsible for, or in place of, another person described as an issuer in this section.\n(b) 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(c) With respect to a registration of a transfer, issuer means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained.","path":["CHAPTER 46. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.","ARTICLE 8. INVESTMENT SECURITIES.","Part 2. Issue And Issuer."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/46-8-201/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:52Z","sha256":"7d5f85ff1730bce3d62f2d2d976c12d553bc396a794b87e929edde768bb482aa","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-8-116","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-8-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}