NRS 104.8201 - “Issuer.”

NV Rev Stat § 104.8201 (2019) (N/A)

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1. With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an “issuer” includes a person who:

(a) Places or authorizes the placing of his or her name on a security certificate, other than as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent or the like, to evidence a share, participation or other interest in his or her property or in an enterprise, or to evidence his or her duty to perform an obligation represented by the certificate;

(b) Creates a share, participation or other interest in his or her property or in an enterprise, or undertakes an obligation, that is an uncertificated security;

(c) Directly or indirectly creates a fractional interest in his or her rights or property, if the fractional interest is represented by a security certificate; or

(d) Becomes responsible for, or in place of, any other person described as an issuer in this section.

2. With respect to an obligation on or defense to a security, a guarantor is an issuer to the extent of his or her guaranty, whether or not the guarantor’s obligation is noted on a security certificate.

3. With respect to registration of transfer, “issuer” means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 878; A 1985, 90; 1997, 391)

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