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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78166</law_id><section_number>8.8A-109</section_number><catch_line>Warranties in indirect holding</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.8A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Investment Securities</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Short Title and General Matters</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> A person who originates an entitlement <span class="dictionary">order</span> to a securities intermediary warrants to the securities intermediary that: <a id="paragraph-280196" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-109/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the entitlement <span class="dictionary">order</span> is made by an appropriate person, or if the entitlement <span class="dictionary">order</span> is by an agent, the agent has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person; and <a id="paragraph-280197" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-109/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> there is no adverse claim to the security entitlement. <a id="paragraph-280198" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-109/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> A person who delivers a security certificate to a securities intermediary for credit to a securities account or originates an instruction with respect to an uncertificated security directing that the uncertificated security be credited to a securities account makes to the securities intermediary the warranties specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Warranties in direct holding" href="/8.8A-108/">8.8A-108</a> (a) or (b). <a id="paragraph-280199" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-109/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If a securities intermediary delivers a security certificate to its entitlement holder or causes its entitlement holder to be registered as the owner of an uncertificated security, the securities intermediary makes to the entitlement holder the warranties specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Warranties in direct holding" href="/8.8A-108/">8.8A-108</a> (a) or (b). <a id="paragraph-280200" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-109/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 216.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
