Section 7-1-417. Share certificates and debt security instruments

   (a) A bank or trust company shall not deliver any share certificate until the share or shares represented thereby are fully paid. Each subscriber, upon payment in full for his shares, shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates certifying the number of shares owned by him in the bank or trust company.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the articles or the bylaws, the shares of a bank or trust company shall be represented by certificates signed by the president or a vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the bank or trust company and may be sealed with the seal of the bank or trust company or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of such officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the bank or trust company itself or any employee of the bank or trust company.

(c) Each certificate representing shares shall set forth upon the face thereof:

   (1) The name of the bank or trust company;

   (2) That the bank or trust company is organized under the laws of this state;

   (3) The name or names of the person or persons to whom issued;

   (4) The number and class of shares such certificate represents;

   (5) The par value of each share represented by such certificate;

   (6) If the shares represented thereby are nonvoting shares, a statement or notation to that effect; and

   (7) If the shares represented thereby are subordinate to shares of any other class with respect to dividends or amounts payable on liquidation, a brief statement to that effect.

(d) Each certificate representing shares issued by a bank or trust company which is authorized to issue shares of more than one class shall set forth or fairly summarize upon the face or back of the certificate, or shall state that the bank or trust company will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued.

(e) In the event of a change in the capital structure of a corporation, it shall not be necessary to recall any previously issued share certificate for either the addition or deletion of the statement required by paragraph (7) of subsection (c) of this Code section to be set forth upon the face of such certificate or for revision of the information placed upon the face or back of the certificate pursuant to subsection (d) of this Code section.

(f) The signatures of the officers of a bank or trust company and the seal of the bank or trust company upon any bond, debenture, or other debt security issued by the bank or trust company may be facsimiles if the instrument is authenticated or countersigned by a trustee or transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the bank or trust company itself or any employee of the bank or trust company.

(g) In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a share certificate or upon a bond, debenture, or other debt security as provided in this Code section shall have ceased for any reason to be such officer before such certificate or instrument is issued, it may be issued by the bank or trust company with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

(h) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to invalidate any share certificate validly issued and outstanding on April 1, 1975.

Code 1933, § 41A-1908, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 705, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 7.