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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78840</law_id><section_number>8.8A-206</section_number><catch_line>Completion or alteration of security certificate</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="2">Issue and Issuer</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its <span class="dictionary">issue</span> or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect: <a id="paragraph-282402" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-206/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized; and <a id="paragraph-282403" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-206/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> even if the blanks are incorrectly filled in, the security certificate as completed is enforceable by a purchaser who took it for value and without notice of the incorrectness. <a id="paragraph-282404" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-206/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms. <a id="paragraph-282405" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-206/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 216.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
