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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58567</law_id><section_number>8.8A-301</section_number><catch_line>Delivery</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.8A-102</reference><reference>8.8A-104</reference><reference>8.9A-203</reference><reference>8.9A-313</reference></referred_to_by><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="3">Transfer of Certificated and Uncertificated Securities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Delivery of a certificated security to a purchaser occurs when: <a id="paragraph-214645" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-301/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the purchaser acquires <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the security certificate; <a id="paragraph-214646" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-301/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> another person, other than a securities intermediary, either acquires <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the security certificate on behalf of the purchaser or, having previously acquired <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the certificate, acknowledges that it holds for the purchaser; or <a id="paragraph-214647" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-301/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> a securities intermediary acting on behalf of the purchaser acquires <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the security certificate, only if the certificate is in registered form and is (i) registered in the name of the purchaser, (ii) payable to the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the purchaser, or (iii) specially endorsed to the purchaser by an effective endorsement and has not been endorsed to the securities intermediary or in blank. <a id="paragraph-214648" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-301/#a3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Delivery of an uncertificated security to a purchaser occurs when: <a id="paragraph-214649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-301/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the issuer registers the purchaser as the registered owner, upon original <span class="dictionary">issue</span> or registration of transfer; or <a id="paragraph-214650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-301/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> another person, other than a securities intermediary, either becomes the registered owner of the uncertificated security on behalf of the purchaser or, having previously become the registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the purchaser. <a id="paragraph-214651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.8A-301/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 216; 2000, c. 1007.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
