O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 11-8-406 (2019)

Obligation to notify issuer of lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken security certificate

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If a security certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed, or wrongfully taken, and the owner fails to notify the issuer of that fact within a reasonable time after the owner has notice of it and the issuer registers a transfer of the security before receiving notification, the owner may not assert against the issuer a claim for registering the transfer under Code Section 11-8-404 or a claim to a new security certificate under Code Section 11-8-405.

History

Code 1981, § 11-8-406, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1323, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Dudley v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., 290 Ga. App. 220, 659 S.E.2d 658 (2008).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

U.L.A. - Uniform Commercial Code (U.L.A.) § 8-406.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2026 · leading case: Dudley v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., 659 S.E.2d 658 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
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Dudley v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., 659 S.E.2d 658 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “8 See OCGA §§ 11-8-406 (UCC § 8-406, formerly UCC § 8-405 (1)) (providing an exception in certain cases of lost, apparently destroyed, or wrongfully taken security certificates); 11-8-407 (providing that a transfer agent “has the same obligation to the holder or owner of a…”
Neidiger/Tucker/Bruner, Inc. v. Suntrust Bank, 530 S.E.2d 18 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “The transfer agent may also be liable under OCGA § 11-8-204 via OCGA § 11-8-406 which imposes a duty upon the transfer agent co-extensive with that of the issuer.”
Equitymax, Inc. v. Parkway Law Grp. LLC, No. 1:25-cv-01938 (N.D. Ga. Jan. 30, 2026). · cites it 4× “§ 11-8-204 and O.C.G.A. § 11-8-406 imposed a “specific [statutory] duty on those who prepare and issue stock certificates to accurately disclose restrictions on the transfer of the shares” to “person[s] without knowledge of the restriction.”
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