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Section 8-101Short Title
Section 8-102Definitions
Section 8-103Rules for Determining Whether Certain Obligations and Interests are Securities or Financial Assets
Section 8-104Acquisition of Security or Financial Asset or Interest Therein
Section 8-105Notice of Adverse Claim
Section 8-106Control
Section 8-107Whether Indorsement, Instruction, or Entitlement Order is Effective
Section 8-108Warranties in Direct Holding
Section 8-109Warranties in Indirect Holding
Section 8-110Applicability; Choice of Law
Section 8-111Clearing Corporation Rules
Section 8-112Creditor’s Legal Process
Section 8-113Statute of Frauds Inapplicable
Section 8-114Evidentiary Rules Concerning Certificated Securities
Section 8-115Securities Intermediary and Others Not Liable to Adverse Claimant
Section 8-116Securities Intermediary as Purchaser for Value
Section 8-201Issuer
Section 8-202Issuer’s Responsibility and Defenses; Notice of Defect or Defense
Section 8-203Staleness as Notice of Defect or Defense
Section 8-204Effect of Issuer’s Restriction on Transfer
Section 8-205Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate
Section 8-206Completion or Alteration of Security Certificate
Section 8-207Rights and Duties of Issuer with Respect to Registered Owners
Section 8-208Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent
Section 8-209Issuer’s Lien
Section 8-210Overissue
Section 8-301Delivery
Section 8-302Rights of Purchaser
Section 8-303Protected Purchaser
Section 8-304Indorsement
Section 8-305Instruction
Section 8-306Effect of Guaranteeing Signature, Indorsement, or Instruction
Section 8-307Purchaser’s Right to Requisites for Registration of Transfer
Section 8-401Duty of Issuer to Register Transfer
Section 8-402Assurance that Indorsement or Instruction is Effective
Section 8-403Demand that Issuer Not Register Transfer
Section 8-404Wrongful Registration
Section 8-405Replacement of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate
Section 8-406Obligation to Notify Issuer of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate
Section 8-407Authenticating Trustee, Transfer Agent, and Registrar
Section 8-501Securities Account; Acquisition of Security Entitlement from Securities Intermediary
Section 8-502Assertion of Adverse Claim Against Entitlement Holder
Section 8-503Property Interest of Entitlement Holder in Financial Asset Held by Securities Intermediary
Section 8-504Duty of Securities Intermediary to Maintain Financial Asset
Section 8-505Duty of Securities Intermediary with Respect to Payments and Distributions
Section 8-506Duty of Securities Intermediary to Exercise Rights as Directed by Entitlement Holder
Section 8-507Duty of Securities Intermediary to Comply with Entitlement Order
Section 8-508Duty of Securities Intermediary to Change Entitlement Holder’s Position to Other Form of Security Holding
Section 8-509Specification of Duties of Securities Intermediary by Other Statute or Regulation; Manner of Performance of Duties of Securities Intermediary and Exercise of Rights of Entitlement Holder
Section 8-510Rights of Purchaser of Security Entitlement from Entitlement Holder
Section 8-511Priority Among Security Interests and Entitlement Holders