Oregon Code § 707.210·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Stock
issuance after obtaining charter; form of stock certificate; issuance of stock
without certificate.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a certificate that
represents shares of the stock of an institution or Oregon stock savings bank
must:
(a) Be signed by
two officers of the institution or Oregon stock savings bank designated in the
bylaws, and may be sealed with the seal of the institution or Oregon stock
savings bank or a facsimile of the seal. The signatures of the officers upon a
certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is manually signed on behalf
of a transfer agent or registrar other than the institution or Oregon stock
savings bank or an employee of the institution or Oregon stock savings bank. If
an officer that has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon
the certificate is no longer an officer before the certificate is issued, the
institution or Oregon stock savings bank may issue the certificate with the
same effect as if the former officer were an officer at the date on which the
institution or Oregon stock savings bank issued the certificate.
(b) State upon
the face or back of the certificate the designations, preferences, limitations
and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, if the
institution or Oregon stock savings bank may issue shares of more than one
class, or state that the institution or Oregon stock savings bank will provide
any shareholder upon request and without charge a full statement of the
designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of each class of
shares.
(c) State the
variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each
series so far as the board of directors has fixed and determined the rights and
preferences in a series, if the institution or Oregon stock savings bank may
issue a class in series, and state the authority of the board of directors to
fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.
(d) State that
the institution or Oregon stock savings bank is organized under the laws of
this state.
(e) State the
name of the person to whom the institution or Oregon stock savings bank issued
the certificate.
(f) State the
number and class of shares, and the designation of the series, if any, that the
certificate represents.
(2) In lieu of
issuing certificates that represent shares in accordance with subsection (1) of
this section, the board of directors of an institution or Oregon stock savings
bank may authorize the institution or Oregon stock savings bank to issue some
or all of the shares of any or all classes or series without certificates. The
authorization does not affect shares already represented by certificates until
the shares are surrendered to the institution or Oregon stock savings bank.
Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without
certificates, the institution or Oregon stock savings bank shall send the
shareholder a written statement of the information required on certificates
under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) A share may
not be issued until the share is fully paid.
(4) At the
request of any holder of two or more certificates of the stock of any
institution or Oregon stock savings bank organized under the laws of this
state, the institution or Oregon stock savings bank shall, upon the surrender
of the certificates, issue to the holder of the stock one certificate, or a
statement pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, for all shares of stock
of any one class in the institution or Oregon stock savings bank that the
stockholder owns if the number of shares that the stockholder owns in the
particular class equals or exceeds 100. [Amended by 1959 c.108 §1; 1965 c.189 §1;
1973 c.797 §67; 1987 c.197 §2; 1989 c.324 §6; 1995 c.131 §1; 1997 c.631 §55;
2015 c.244 §22]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 707.210
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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