(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (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.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 33.4. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991.)
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