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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="8-404" title_number="8" title_name="Investment Securities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 8-406 of this subtitle, an issuer is liable for wrongful registration of transfer if the issuer has registered a transfer of a security to a person not entitled to it, and the transfer was registered:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In accordance with an ineffective indorsement or instruction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After a demand that the issuer not register transfer became effective under § 8-403(a) of this subtitle and the issuer did not comply with § 8-403(b) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>After the issuer had been served with an injunction, restraining order, or other legal process enjoining it from registering the transfer, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the issuer had a reasonable opportunity to act on the injunction, restraining order, or other legal process; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>By an issuer acting in collusion with the wrongdoer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An issuer that is liable for wrongful registration of transfer under subsection (a) of this section on demand shall provide the person entitled to the security with a like certificated or uncertificated security, and any payments or distributions that the person did not receive as a result of the wrongful registration. If an overissue would result, the issuer's liability to provide the person with a like security is governed by § 8-210 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this section or in a law relating to the collection of taxes, an issuer is not liable to an owner or other person suffering loss as a result of the registration of a transfer of a security if registration was made in accordance with an effective indorsement or instruction.</text>
  </level>
</section>
