554.8201  Issuer.
  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, 554.9102