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Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 8.104

ACQUISITION OF SECURITY OR FINANCIAL ASSET OR INTEREST THEREIN

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 1–12 (616 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Bilodeau v. Webb (2005)

Most recently applied in Bilodeau v. Webb (August 2005)

Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 962, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person acquires a security or an interest therein under this chapter if:

(1) the person is a purchaser to whom a security is delivered pursuant to Section 8.301; or

(2) the person acquires a security entitlement to the security pursuant to Section 8.501.

(b) A person acquires a financial asset, other than a security, or an interest therein, under this chapter, if the person acquires a security entitlement to the financial asset.

(c) A person who acquires a security entitlement to a security or other financial asset has the rights specified in Subchapter E, but is a purchaser of any security, security entitlement, or other financial asset held by the securities intermediary only to the extent provided in Section 8.503.

(d) Unless the context shows that a different meaning is intended, a person who is required by other law, regulation, rule, or agreement to transfer, deliver, present, surrender, exchange, or otherwise put in the possession of another person a security or financial asset satisfies that requirement by causing the other person to acquire an interest in the security or financial asset pursuant to Subsection (a) or (b).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.