CODE OF VIRGINIA PROTECTED PURCHASER (ยง 8.8A-303) a. “Protected purchaser” means a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security, or of an interest therein, who: 1. gives value; 2. does not have notice of any adverse claim to the security; and 3. obtains control of the certificated or uncertificated security. b. A protected purchaser also acquires its interest in the security free of any adverse claim. HISTORY: 1996, c. 216; 2024, c. 652.