---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 260.5a-3"
title: "17"
number: "260.5a-3"
heading: "Number of copies; filing; signatures; binding."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/260.5a-3"
---

# §260.5a-3. Number of copies; filing; signatures; binding.

- (a) Three copies of each statement of eligibility and qualification shall be filed with the registration statement or application for qualification.
- (b) At least the original of each statement of eligibility and qualification filed with the Commission shall be signed in the manner prescribed by the particular form.
- (c) Each statement of eligibility and qualification and the exhibits thereto shall be bound on the left-hand side in one or more parts, without stiff covers. The binding shall be made in such manner as to leave the reading matter legible.
- (d) The statement or statements shall be filed by the obligor upon the indenture securities as a separate part of the registration statement or application for qualification, as the case may be.

## Notes

### Amendments

[6 FR 667, Jan. 30, 1941, as amended at 16 FR 8737, Aug. 29, 1951]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77c, 77ddd, 77eee, 77ggg, 77nnn, 77sss, 78 ll (d), 80b-3, 80b-4, and 80b-11, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 5 FR 293, Jan. 25, 1940, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[6 FR 667, Jan. 30, 1941, as amended at 16 FR 8737, Aug. 29, 1951]