(a) 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. (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. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10.8-302; 1966 (54) 2716; 1991 Act No. 161, Section 1; 2001 Act No. 67, Section 5.
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