Illinois Code § 8-206
Illinois Code § 8-206. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 8-206.
Completion or alteration of security certificate. (a) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect: (1) any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized; and (2) even if the blanks are incorrectly filled in, the security certificate as completed is enforceable by a purchaser who took it for value and without notice of the incorrectness. (b) A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms. (Source: P.A. 89-364, eff. 1-1-96.)
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- Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 8-206
- Jurisdiction: Illinois
- Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
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