INVESTMENT SECURITIES
M.G.L. c. 106, § Article 8
in effectc. 106, § Article 8. INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Section 8-101 Short Title
Section 8-102 Definitions
Section 8-103 Rules for Determining Whether Certain Obligations and Interests are Securities or Financial Assets
Section 8-104 Acquisition of Security or Financial Asset or Interest Therein
Section 8-105 Notice of Adverse Claim
Section 8-106 Control
Section 8-107 Whether Indorsement, Instruction, or Entitlement Order is Effective
Section 8-108 Warranties in Direct Holding
Section 8-109 Warranties in Indirect Holding
Section 8-110 Applicability; Choice of Law
Section 8-111 Clearing Corporation Rules
Section 8-112 Creditor's Legal Process
Section 8-113 Statute of Frauds Inapplicable
Section 8-114 Evidentiary Rules Concerning Certificated Securities
Section 8-115 Securities Intermediary and Others Not Liable to Adverse Claimant
Section 8-116 Securities Intermediary as Purchaser for Value
Section 8-201 Issuer
Section 8-202 Issuer's Responsibility and Defenses; Notice of Defect or Defense
Section 8-203 Staleness as Notice of Defect or Defense
Section 8-204 Effect of Issuer's Restriction on Transfer
Section 8-205 Effect of Unauthorized Signature on Security Certificate
Section 8-206 Completion or Alteration of Security Certificate
Section 8-207 Rights and Duties of Issuer with Respect to Registered Owners
Section 8-208 Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent
Section 8-209 Issuer's Lien
Section 8-210 Overissue
Section 8-301 Delivery
Section 8-302 Rights of Purchaser
Section 8-303 Protected Purchaser
Section 8-304 Indorsement
Section 8-305 Instruction
Section 8-306 Effect of Guaranteeing Signature, Indorsement, or Instruction
Section 8-307 Purchaser's Right to Requisites for Registration of Transfer
Section 8-401 Duty of Issuer to Register Transfer
Section 8-402 Assurance that Indorsement or Instruction is Effective
Section 8-403 Demand that Issuer Not Register Transfer
Section 8-404 Wrongful Registration
Section 8-405 Replacement of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate
Section 8-406 Obligation to Notify Issuer of Lost, Destroyed, or Wrongfully Taken Security Certificate
Section 8-407 Authenticating Trustee, Transfer Agent, and Registrar
Section 8-501 Securities Account; Acquisition of Security Entitlement from Securities Intermediary
Section 8-502 Assertion of Adverse Claim Against Entitlement Holder
Section 8-503 Property Interest of Entitlement Holder in Financial Asset Held by Securities Intermediary
Section 8-504 Duty of Securities Intermediary to Maintain Financial Asset
Section 8-505 Duty of Securities Intermediary with Respect to Payments and Distributions
Section 8-506 Duty of Securities Intermediary to Exercise Rights as Directed by Entitlement Holder
Section 8-507 Duty of Securities Intermediary to Comply with Entitlement Order
Section 8-508 Duty of Securities Intermediary to Change Entitlement Holder's Position to Other Form of Security Holding
Section 8-509 Specification of Duties of Securities Intermediary by Other Statute or Regulation; Manner of Performance of Duties of Securities Intermediary and Exercise of Rights of Entitlement Holder
Section 8-510 Rights of Purchaser of Security Entitlement from Entitlement Holder
Section 8-511 Priority Among Security Interests and Entitlement Holders
Source: Massachusetts General Court (malegislature.gov)URL: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter106/Article8Fetched: 10/20/2026