§ 7-106. Control of electronic documents of title; systems

MD Comm L Code § 7-106 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.

(b)    A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:

(1)    A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), unalterable;

(2)    The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:

(A)    The person to which the document was issued; or

(B)    If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;

(3)    The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;

(4)    Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;

(5)    Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and

(6)    Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.