{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/29.1-733.23.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/29.1-733.23.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/29.1-733.23.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/29.1-733.23.html"}],"law_id":82240,"edition_id":1,"section_id":82240,"structure_id":13228,"section_number":"29.1-733.23","catch_line":"Rights of purchaser other than secured party","history":"2013, c. 787.","full_text":"A\n\nA buyer in ordinary course of business has the protections afforded by subsection (2) of &#xA7; 8.2-403 and subsection (a) of &#xA7; 8.9A-320 even if an existing certificate of title was not signed and delivered to the buyer or a new certificate listing the buyer as owner of record was not created.B\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 29.1-733.17 and 29.1-733.24, the rights of a purchaser of a watercraft that is not a 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A buyer in ordinary course of business has the protections afforded by\nsubsection (2) of &#xA7; 8.2-403 and subsection (a) of &#xA7; 8.9A-320 even if\nan existing certificate of title was not signed and delivered to the buyer or a\nnew certificate listing the buyer as owner of record was not created.\n\nB. Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 29.1-733.17 and 29.1-733.24, the\nrights of a purchaser of a watercraft that is not a buyer in ordinary course of\nbusiness or a lien creditor are governed by the Uniform Commercial Code.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 787.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}