Code of Alabama - Title 7: Commercial Code - Section 7-8-302 - Rights of purchaser

Section 7-8-302 - Rights of purchaser.

(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 1996, No. 96-742, p. 1241, §1; Act 2001-481, p. 647, §2.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021