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Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 678
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: INVESTMENT SECURITIES
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F.S. 678.3031
678.3031 Protected purchaser.—
(1) “Protected purchaser” means a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security, or of an interest therein, who:
(a) Gives value.
(b) Does not have notice of any adverse claim to the security.
(c) Obtains control of the certificated or uncertificated security.
(2) In addition to acquiring the rights of a purchaser, a protected purchaser also acquires its interest in the security free of any adverse claim.
History.—s. 3, ch. 98-11.