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2025 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 83 - Transfer of Certificated and Uncertificated Securities
Section 8302 - Rights of purchaser
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13 PA Cons Stat § 8302 (2025)
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§ 8302. Rights of purchaser.
(a) Rights acquired by purchaser.--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) Rights acquired by purchaser of limited interest.--A purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased.
(c) Limitation on rights acquired from protected purchaser.--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.
(June 8, 2001, P.L.123, No.18, eff. July 1, 2001)
2001 Amendment. Act 18 amended subsec. (a).
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