Control of electronic document of title.

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  • (1) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.
  • (2) A system satisfies Subsection (1), and a person is considered to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:
    • (a) a single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in Subsections (2)(d), (e), and (f), unalterable;
    • (b) the authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:
      • (i) the person to which the document was issued; or
      • (ii) if the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;
    • (c) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;
    • (d) copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;
    • (e) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and
    • (f) any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.




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