Section 74.00. Conversion and reconversion of notes  


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  • a. A note payable to
      bearer, if it so provides, shall be converted into a registered note  at
      the  request  of  the holder. The registration agent shall register such
      note in his books in the name of the holder and endorse a certificate of
      such registration upon the note. In like manner, at the written  request
      of  the  registered  holder  of  the  note  so  converted,  or his legal
      representatives, successors,  or  transferees,  the  registration  agent
      shall  reconvert  such note into a note payable to bearer by registering
      such note in his books as payable to bearer and endorsing a  certificate
      of  such  registration  upon  the  note.  Such  request  shall  be  duly
      acknowledged or proved, or in  the  alternative  the  signature  thereto
      shall  be  certified  as  to  its genuineness by an officer of a bank or
      trust company located and authorized to do business in this state.  Such
      note may again and from time to time be converted into a registered note
      and reconverted into a note payable to bearer in the manner provided  in
      this paragraph.
        b.  A  note  issued  in  registered  form, if it so provides, shall be
      converted into a note payable to bearer at the written  request  of  the
      registered   holder,   or  his  legal  representatives,  successors,  or
      transferees. Such request shall be duly acknowledged or  proved,  or  in
      the  alternative  the  signature  thereto  shall  be certified as to its
      genuineness by an officer  of  a  bank  or  trust  company  located  and
      authorized  to  do  business in this state. The registration agent shall
      register such note in his books as payable to bearer, and shall  endorse
      a certificate of such registration upon the note. In like manner, at the
      request  of  the  holder  of a note so converted, the registration agent
      shall reconvert such note into a registered  note  by  registering  such
      note  in his books in the name of the holder and endorsing a certificate
      of such registration upon the note. Such note may again and from time to
      time be converted into a note payable to bearer and reconverted  into  a
      registered note in the manner provided in this paragraph.