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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="3-514" title_number="3" title_name="Banking Institutions -- Commercial Banks" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Common Trust Funds">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A trust company that administers a common trust fund may issue a certificate of participation for each participating account.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A certificate of participation is not assignable and may not be issued in any form that purports to be negotiable or assignable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In any report or accounting required from the trust company by law, a statement that is signed and verified by one of its officers as to the existence, extent, and value of a participation in a common trust fund that it administers may be accepted as evidence of those facts by any court, trust clerk, or supervisory authority.</text>
  </level>
</section>
