§ 8.8A-205 Effect of unauthorized signature on security certificate
An unauthorized signature placed on a security certificate before or in the course of issue is ineffective, but the signature is effective in favor of a purchaser for value of the certificated security if the purchaser is without notice of the lack of authority and the signing has been done by:
1. an authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or other person entrusted by the issuer with the signing of the security certificate or of similar security certificates, or the immediate preparation for signing of any of them; or
2. an employee of the issuer, or of any of the persons listed in paragraph (1), entrusted with responsible handling of the security certificate.
History
This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 216 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.
1996, c. 216.