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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 216<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1510729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378329,"identifier":"8.8A-302","token":"8.8A\/3\/8.8A-302","url":"\/8.8A-302\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.8A-302\/","token":"8.8A\/3\/8.8A-302","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rights of purchaser","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.8A-302","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security acquires all rights in the security that the transferor had or had power to transfer. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> A purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> A purchaser of a certificated security who as a previous holder had notice of an adverse claim does not improve its position by taking from a protected purchaser. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHTS OF PURCHASER (\u00a7 8.8A-302)\n\na. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a purchaser of a\ncertificated or uncertificated security acquires all rights in the security that\nthe transferor had or had power to transfer.\n\nb. A purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the\ninterest purchased.\n\nc. A purchaser of a certificated security who as a previous holder had notice of\nan adverse claim does not improve its position by taking from a protected\npurchaser.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 216; 2000, c. 1007.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}