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Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-8-302

Rights of purchaser

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 47-1-101 to 47-9-809 (578 sections).

Acts 1997, ch. 79, § 1; 2000, ch. 846, § 20.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security acquires all rights in the security that the transferor had or had power to transfer.

(2) A purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased.

(3) A purchaser of a certificated security who as a previous holder had notice of an adverse claim does not improve its position by taking from a protected purchaser.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.