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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 219; in 1997, chapter 121<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 369<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82240,"section_number":"29.1-733.23","catch_line":"Rights of purchaser other than secured party","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-733.23\/"},{"id":73102,"section_number":"8.2-103","catch_line":"Definitions and index of definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-103\/"},{"id":69584,"section_number":"8.2-702","catch_line":"Seller's remedies on discovery of buyer's insolvency","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-702\/"},{"id":86552,"section_number":"8.2A-103","catch_line":"Definitions and index of definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-103\/"},{"id":54815,"section_number":"8.7-209","catch_line":"Lien of warehouseman","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.7-209\/"},{"id":61107,"section_number":"8.7-503","catch_line":"Document to goods defeated in certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.7-503\/"},{"id":76348,"section_number":"8.9A-315","catch_line":"Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-315\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282133,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72662,"identifier":"8.2-403","token":"8.2\/4\/8.2-403","url":"\/8.2-403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-403\/","token":"8.2\/4\/8.2-403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Power to transfer; good faith purchase of goods; “entrusting.”","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A purchaser of goods acquires all title which his transferor had or had power to transfer except that a purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased. A person with voidable title has power to transfer a good title to a good faith purchaser for value. When goods have been delivered under a transaction of purchase the purchaser has such power even though <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> the transferor was deceived as to the identity of the purchaser, or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> the delivery was in exchange for a check which is later dishonored, or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> it was agreed that the transaction was to be a “cash sale,” or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> the delivery was procured through fraud<\/span> punishable as larcenous under the criminal law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any entrusting<\/span> of possession<\/span> of goods to a merchant who deals in goods of that kind gives him power to transfer all rights of the entruster to a buyer in ordinary course of business. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> “Entrusting<\/span>” includes any delivery and any acquiescence in retention of possession<\/span> regardless of any condition expressed between the parties to the delivery or acquiescence and regardless of whether the procurement of the entrusting<\/span> or the possessor’s disposition<\/span> of the goods have been such as to be larcenous under the criminal law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The rights of other purchasers of goods and of lien<\/span> creditors<\/span> are governed by the titles on secured transactions (Title 8.9A) and documents of title (Title 8.7). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWER TO TRANSFER; GOOD FAITH PURCHASE OF GOODS; “ENTRUSTING.” (\u00a7\n8.2-403)\n\n1. A purchaser of goods acquires all title which his transferor had or had power\nto transfer except that a purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only\nto the extent of the interest purchased. A person with voidable title has power\nto transfer a good title to a good faith purchaser for value. When goods have\nbeen delivered under a transaction of purchase the purchaser has such power even\nthough\n\n a. the transferor was deceived as to the identity of the purchaser, or\n\n b. the delivery was in exchange for a check which is later dishonored, or\n\n c. it was agreed that the transaction was to be a “cash sale,” or\n\n d. the delivery was procured through fraud punishable as larcenous under the\n criminal law.\n\n2. Any entrusting of possession of goods to a merchant who deals in goods of\nthat kind gives him power to transfer all rights of the entruster to a buyer in\nordinary course of business.\n\n3. “Entrusting” includes any delivery and any acquiescence in\nretention of possession regardless of any condition expressed between the\nparties to the delivery or acquiescence and regardless of whether the\nprocurement of the entrusting or the possessor’s disposition of the goods\nhave been such as to be larcenous under the criminal law.\n\n4. The rights of other purchasers of goods and of lien creditors are governed by\nthe titles on secured transactions (Title 8.9A) and documents of title (Title\n8.7).\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 6-558; 1964, c. 219; 1997, c. 121; 2011, c. 369.","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}}