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O.C.G.A. § 11-8-303

Protected purchaser

Code 1981, § 11-8-303, enacted by Ga

Conditions printed on confirmation slips as binding on customers of stock or commodity broker, 71 A.L.R.2d 1089.

Right or duty of corporation to refuse to transfer stock on presentation of properly indorsed certificate, because of conflicting rights or claims of one other than transferee, 75 A.L.R.2d 746.

Validity of “consent restraint” on transfer of shares of close corporation, 69 A.L.R.3d 1327.

(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) In addition to acquiring the rights of a purchaser, a protected purchaser also acquires its interest in the security free of any adverse claim.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.