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Cal. Com. Code § 8206 — Issue and Issuer

Cal. Com. Code § 8206

Type
Statute
Source
California Commercial Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
1997-01-01
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

(a) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect, the following apply:

Citator

Cal. Com. Code § 8206 — Issue and Issuer is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

(a) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect, the following apply:

(1) Any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized.

(2) Even if the blanks are incorrectly filled in, the security certificate as completed is enforceable by a purchaser who took it for value and without notice of the incorrectness.

(b) A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms.