C.R.S. Section 4-8-103
Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets

(a)

A share or similar equity interest issued by a corporation, business trust, joint stock company, or similar entity is a security.

(b)

An “investment company security” is a security. “Investment company security” means a share or similar equity interest issued by an entity that is registered as an investment company under the federal investment company laws, an interest in a unit investment trust that is so registered, or a face-amount certificate issued by a face-amount certificate company that is so registered. Investment company security does not include an insurance policy or endowment policy or annuity contract issued by an insurance company.

(c)

An interest in a partnership or limited liability company is not a security unless it is dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, its terms expressly provide that it is a security governed by this article, or it is an investment company security. However, an interest in a partnership or limited liability company is a financial asset if it is held in a securities account.

(d)

A writing that is a security certificate is governed by this article and not by article 3 of this title, even though it also meets the requirements of that article. However, a negotiable instrument governed by article 3 of this title is a financial asset if it is held in a securities account.

(e)

An option or similar obligation issued by a clearing corporation to its participants is not a security, but is a financial asset.

(f)

A commodity contract, as defined in section 4-9-102 (a)(15), is not a security or a financial asset.

(g)

A document of title is not a financial asset unless section 4-8-102 (a)(9)(iii) applies.

(h)

A controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible is not a financial asset unless section 4-8-102 (a)(9)(iii) applies.

Source: Section 4-8-103 — Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-04.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

4‑8‑101
Short title 4‑8‑102
Definitions 4‑8‑103
Rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets 4‑8‑104
Acquisition of security or financial asset or interest therein 4‑8‑105
Notice of adverse claim 4‑8‑106
Control 4‑8‑107
Whether indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order is effective 4‑8‑108
Warranties in direct holding 4‑8‑109
Warranties in indirect holding 4‑8‑110
Applicability - choice of law 4‑8‑111
Clearing corporation rules 4‑8‑112
Creditor’s legal process 4‑8‑113
Statute of frauds inapplicable 4‑8‑114
Evidentiary rules concerning certificated securities 4‑8‑115
Securities intermediary and others not liable to adverse claimant 4‑8‑116
Securities intermediary as purchaser for value 4‑8‑201
Issuer 4‑8‑202
Issuer’s responsibility and defenses - notice of defect or defense 4‑8‑203
Staleness as notice of defect or defense 4‑8‑204
Effect of issuer’s restriction on transfer 4‑8‑205
Effect of unauthorized signature on security certificate 4‑8‑206
Completion or alteration of security certificate 4‑8‑207
Rights and duties of issuer with respect to registered owners 4‑8‑208
Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar, or transfer agent 4‑8‑209
Issuer’s lien 4‑8‑210
Overissue 4‑8‑301
Delivery 4‑8‑302
Rights of purchaser 4‑8‑303
Protected purchaser 4‑8‑304
Indorsement 4‑8‑305
Instruction 4‑8‑306
Effect of guaranteeing signature, indorsement, or instruction 4‑8‑307
Purchaser’s right to requisites for registration of transfer 4‑8‑401
Duty of issuer to register transfer 4‑8‑402
Assurance that indorsement or instruction is effective 4‑8‑403
Demand that issuer not register transfer 4‑8‑404
Wrongful registration 4‑8‑405
Replacement of lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken security certificate 4‑8‑406
Obligation to notify issuer of lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken security certificate 4‑8‑407
Authenticating trustee, transfer agent, and registrar 4‑8‑501
Securities account - acquisition of security entitlement from securities intermediary 4‑8‑502
Assertion of adverse claim against entitlement holder 4‑8‑503
Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary 4‑8‑504
Duty of securities intermediary to maintain financial asset 4‑8‑505
Duty of securities intermediary with respect to payments and distributions 4‑8‑506
Duty of securities intermediary to exercise rights as directed by entitlement holder 4‑8‑507
Duty of securities intermediary to comply with entitlement order 4‑8‑508
Duty of securities intermediary to change entitlement holder’s position to other form of security holding 4‑8‑509
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 4‑8‑510
Rights of purchaser of security entitlement from entitlement holder 4‑8‑511
Priority among security interests and entitlement holders 4‑8‑601
Effective date 4‑8‑602
Repeals 4‑8‑603
Saving clause
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 4-8-103’s source at colorado​.gov