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Title 9A : Uniform Commercial Code

Article 008 : Investment Securities

(Cite as: 9A V.S.A. § 8-302)
  • § 8—302. Rights of purchaser

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security acquires all rights in the security that the transferor had or had power to transfer.

    (b) A purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased.

    (c) 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. (Added 1995, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; amended 1999, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 21, eff. July 1, 2001.)