§ 19-9-16. Replacement of lost or destroyed passbook. When any person to whom a passbook, share certificate, membership certificate, stock certificate, deposit certificate, or other form of investment contract has been issued by any regulated institution, or by any insured-deposit-taking institution organized under the laws of the United States, states in writing, under oath, to the regulated institution or insured-deposit-taking institution organized under the laws of the United States that issued the book, certificate, or other form of investment contract, that the book, certificate, or other form of investment contract has not been hypothecated, but has been lost or destroyed, and shall make written application for the issue of a duplicate book, certificate, or other form of investment contract, then the regulated institution or insured-deposit-taking institution organized under the laws of the United States may issue a duplicate book, certificate, or other form of investment contract, and upon delivery, the regulated institution or insured-deposit-taking institution organized under the laws of the United States shall be discharged from all liability on account of the issue of the original book, certificate, or other form of investment contract. References in this section to an issuing regulated institution or insured-deposit-taking institution organized under the laws of the United States shall be taken to include any successor regulated institution or insured-deposit-taking institution organized under the laws of the United States.

History of Section. (P.L. 1995, ch. 82, § 47; P.L. 1997, ch. 98, § 8.)