(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. Acts 1997, ch. 79, § 1; 2000, ch. 846, § 20.
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