Section 8--208. Effect of Signature of Authenticating Trustee, Registrar, or Transfer Agent. (a) A person signing a security certificate as authenticating trustee,  registrar, transfer agent, or the like,  warrants  to  a  purchaser  for  value  of  the certificated security, if the purchaser is without notice  of a particular defect, that: (1) the certificate is genuine; (2) the person's own participation in the issue of  the  security is  within  the person's capacity and within the scope of the authority received by the person from the issuer; and (3) the  person  has  reasonable  grounds  to  believe  that  the certificated  security  is  in the form and within the amount the issuer is authorized to issue. (b) Unless otherwise agreed, a person  signing  under  subsection  (a)  does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other  respects.