D.C. Code § 28:8-206

Current through codified legislation effective October 30, 2024
Section 28:8-206 - Completion or alteration of security certificate
(a) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect:
(1) Any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized; and
(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.

D.C. Code § 28:8-206

Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 735, Pub. L. 88-243, § 1; Mar. 16, 1993, D.C. Law 9-196, § 4, 39 DCR 9165; Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-240, § 2, 44 DCR 1087.