                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSON ENTITLED TO ENFORCE INSTRUMENT (§ 8.3A-301)

&#8220;Person entitled to enforce&#8221; an instrument means (i) the holder of
the instrument, (ii) a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the
rights of a holder, or (iii) a person not in possession of the instrument who is
entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to § 8.3A-309 or § 8.3A-418 (d). A
person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person
is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the
instrument.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 6-403; 1964, c. 219, § 8.3-301; 1992, c. 693.