2019 Revised Code of Washington
Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 62A.8 - Investment Securities.
62A.8-104 Acquisition of security or financial asset or interest therein.
RCW 62A.8-104 Acquisition of security or financial asset or interest therein.
(1) A person acquires a security or an interest therein, under this Article, if:
(a) The person is a purchaser to whom a security is delivered pursuant to RCW 62A.8-301; or
(b) The person acquires a security entitlement to the security pursuant to RCW 62A.8-501.
(2) A person acquires a financial asset, other than a security, or an interest therein, under this Article, if the person acquires a security entitlement to the financial asset.
(3) A person who acquires a security entitlement to a security or other financial asset has the rights specified in Part 5 of this Article, but is a purchaser of any security, security entitlement, or other financial asset held by the securities intermediary only to the extent provided in RCW 62A.8-503.
(4) Unless the context shows that a different meaning is intended, a person who is required by other law, regulation, rule, or agreement to transfer, deliver, present, surrender, exchange, or otherwise put in the possession of another person a security or financial asset satisfies that requirement by causing the other person to acquire an interest in the security or financial asset pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
[ 1995 c 48 § 4; 1986 c 35 § 3; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 8-104.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1995 c 48: See RCW 62A.11-113.
Corporations—Purchase of own shares: RCW 23B.06.030 and 23B.06.310.
