§46-8-201. Issuer.
(a) With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an "issuer" includes a person that:
(1) Places or authorizes the placing of its name on a security certificate, other than as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent or the like, to evidence a share, participation or other interest in its property or in an enterprise or to evidence its duty to perform an obligation represented by the certificate;