1. With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an "issuer" includes a person that:
a. places or authorizes the placing of its 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 its property or in an enterprise, or to evidence its duty to perform an obligation represented by the certificate;
b. creates a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes an obligation, that is an uncertificated security;
c. directly or indirectly creates a fractional interest in its rights or property, if the fractional interest is represented by a security certificate; or
d. becomes responsible for, or in place of, another 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 its guaranty, whether or not its obligation is noted on a security certificate.
3. With respect to a registration of a transfer, issuer means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained.
[S13, § 3060-a29, -a60, -a61, -a62; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9489, 9520-9522; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 541.29, 541.60-541.62; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 554.8201]
89 Acts, ch 113, § 8; 96 Acts, ch 1138, § 24, 84
Referred to in § 515.35, 518.14, 518A.12, 554.8102
1996 amendments take effect 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 law prior to July 1, 1997, see Code 1995
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