Section 11-7-106. Control of electronic document of title

   (a) 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.

(b) A system satisfies subsection (a) of this Code section, and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in a manner that:

   (1) A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of this subsection, unalterable;

   (2) The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:

      (A) The person to which the document was issued; or

      (B) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;

   (3) The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;

   (4) 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;

   (5) 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

   (6) Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.

Code 1981, § 11-7-106, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 481, § 1-1/HB 451.