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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":378309,"section_number":"8.8A-108","catch_line":"Warranties in direct holding","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.8A-108\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1510741,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378332,"identifier":"8.8A-305","token":"8.8A\/3\/8.8A-305","url":"\/8.8A-305\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.8A-305\/","token":"8.8A\/3\/8.8A-305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Instruction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.8A-305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> If an instruction has been originated by an appropriate person but is incomplete in any other respect, any person may complete it as authorized and the issuer may rely on it as completed, even though it has been completed incorrectly. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Unless otherwise agreed, a person initiating an instruction assumes only the obligations imposed by § 8.8A-108<\/a> and not an obligation that the security will be honored by the issuer. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSTRUCTION (\u00a7 8.8A-305)\n\na. If an instruction has been originated by an appropriate person but is\nincomplete in any other respect, any person may complete it as authorized and\nthe issuer may rely on it as completed, even though it has been completed\nincorrectly.\n\nb. Unless otherwise agreed, a person initiating an instruction assumes only the\nobligations imposed by § 8.8A-108 and not an obligation that the security\nwill be honored by the issuer.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 216.","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"}}