Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Section 8.404
Wrongful Registration


(a)

Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.406 (Obligation to Notify Issuer of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate), an issuer is liable for wrongful registration of transfer if the issuer has registered a transfer of a security to a person not entitled to it, and the transfer was registered:

(1)

pursuant to an ineffective indorsement or instruction;

(2)

after a demand that the issuer not register transfer became effective under Section 8.403 (Demand that Issuer Not Register Transfer)(a) and the issuer did not comply with Section 8.403 (Demand that Issuer Not Register Transfer)(b);

(3)

after the issuer had been served with an appropriate injunction, restraining order, or other process from a court of competent jurisdiction enjoining it from registering the transfer, and the issuer had a reasonable opportunity to act on the injunction, restraining order, or other legal process; or

(4)

by an issuer acting in collusion with the wrongdoer.

(b)

An issuer that is liable for wrongful registration of transfer under Subsection (a) on demand shall provide the person entitled to the security with a like certificated or uncertificated security and any payments or distributions that the person did not receive as a result of the wrongful registration. If an overissue would result, the issuer’s liability to provide the person with a like security is governed by Section 8.210 (Overissue).

(c)

Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (a) or in a law relating to the collection of taxes, an issuer is not liable to an owner or other person suffering loss as a result of the registration of a transfer of a security if registration was made pursuant to an effective indorsement or instruction.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 962, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 8.404 — Wrongful Registration, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.­8.­htm#8.­404 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

8.101
Short Title
8.102
Definitions
8.103
Rules for Determining Whether Certain Obligations and Interests Are Securities or Financial Assets
8.104
Acquisition of Security or Financial Asset or Interest Therein
8.105
Notice of Adverse Claim
8.106
Control
8.107
Whether Indorsement, Instruction, or Entitlement Order Is Effective
8.108
Warranties in Direct Holding
8.109
Warranties in Indirect Holding
8.110
Applicability
8.111
Clearing Corporation Rules
8.112
Creditor’s Legal Process
8.113
Statute of Frauds Inapplicable
8.114
Evidentiary Rules Concerning Certificated Securities
8.115
Securities Intermediary and Others Not Liable to Adverse Claimant
8.116
Securities Intermediary as Purchaser for Value
8.201
Issuer
8.202
Issuer’s Responsibility and Defenses
8.203
Staleness as Notice of Defect or Defense
8.204
Effect of Issuer’s Restriction on Transfer
8.205
Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate
8.206
Completion or Alteration of Security Certificate
8.207
Rights and Duties of Issuer with Respect to Registered Owners
8.208
Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent
8.209
Issuer’s Lien
8.210
Overissue
8.301
Delivery
8.302
Rights of Purchaser
8.303
Protected Purchaser
8.304
Indorsement
8.305
Instruction
8.306
Effect of Guaranteeing Signature, Indorsement, or Instruction
8.307
Purchaser’s Right to Requisites for Registration of Transfer
8.401
Duty of Issuer to Register Transfer
8.402
Assurance that Indorsement or Instruction Is Effective
8.403
Demand that Issuer Not Register Transfer
8.404
Wrongful Registration
8.405
Replacement of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate
8.406
Obligation to Notify Issuer of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate
8.407
Authenticating Trustee, Transfer Agent, and Registrar
8.501
Securities Account
8.502
Assertion of Adverse Claim Against Entitlement Holder
8.503
Property Interest of Entitlement Holder in Financial Asset Held by Securities Intermediary
8.504
Duty of Securities Intermediary to Maintain Financial Asset
8.505
Duty of Securities Intermediary with Respect to Payments and Distributions
8.506
Duty of Securities Intermediary to Exercise Rights as Directed by Entitlement Holder
8.507
Duty of Securities Intermediary to Comply with Entitlement Order
8.508
Duty of Securities Intermediary to Change Entitlement Holder’s Position to Other Form of Security Holding
8.509
Specification of Duties of Securities Intermediary by Other Statute or Regulation
8.510
Rights of Purchaser of Security Entitlement from Entitlement Holder
8.511
Priority Among Security Interests and Entitlement Holders

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 8.404’s source at texas​.gov