554.8113  Statute of frauds inapplicable.

A contract or modification of a contract for the sale or purchase of a security is enforceable whether or not there is a writing signed or record authenticated by a party against whom enforcement is sought, even if the contract or modification is not capable of performance within one year of its making.

Section History: Recent form

  96 Acts, ch 1138, §21, 84

Internal References

  Referred to in § 554.1206

Footnotes

  Effective July 1, 1997; 96 Acts, ch 1138, § 84; for provisions governing the continued perfection of security interests that are perfected as of July 1, 1997, see 96 Acts, ch 1138, § 80, 84; for contrary provision applicable prior to July 1, 1997, see § 554.8319, Code 1995


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