Colorado § 4-8-407 - Authenticating trustee, transfer agent, and registrar.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 4-8-407 — Authenticating trustee, transfer agent, and registrar., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-8-407. Authenticating trustee, transfer agent, and registrar.
A person acting as authenticating trustee, transfer agent, registrar, or other agent for an issuer in the registration of a transfer of its securities, in the issue of new security certificates or uncertificated securities, or in the cancellation of surrendered security certificates has the same obligation to the holder or owner of a certificated or uncertificated security with regard to the particular functions performed as the issuer has in regard to those functions.
Source: L. 96: Entire article R&RE, p. 227, § 2, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 4-8-406 as it existed prior to 1996.
ANNOTATION
Request to reissue a stock certificate without the restrictive legend is considered a "request to transfer shares" within the meaning of § 4-8-401. Therefore it falls within the duties of this section. Am. Sec. Transfer, Inc. v. Pantheon Indus., Inc., 871 F. Supp. 400 (D. Colo. 1994) (decided under former § 4-8-406 as it existed prior to the 1996 repeal and reenactment of this article).
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SECURITY ENTITLEMENTS
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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