{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-8-208","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 46-8-208","heading":"Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar, or transfer agent.","body":"(a) 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) Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under subsection (a) of this section does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.","path":["CHAPTER 46. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.","ARTICLE 8. INVESTMENT SECURITIES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/46-8-208/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:53Z","sha256":"76b5c7c1d9ca5c7760ef5dc9930678e82bc02a103ab0a5725c84f9a605e92c07","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-8-207","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-8-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}