Code of Virginia § 8.8A-404. Wrongful registration.

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in § 8.8A-406 , an issuer is liable for wrongful registration of transfer if the issuer has registered a transfer of a security to a person not entitled to it, and the transfer was registered:

(1)pursuant to an ineffective endorsement or instruction;

(2)after a demand that the issuer not register transfer became effective under § 8.8A-403

(a)and the issuer did not comply with § 8.8A-403 (b);

(3)after the issuer had been served with an injunction, restraining order, or other legal process enjoining it from registering the transfer, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the issuer had a reasonable opportunity to act on the injunction, restraining order, or other legal process; or

(4)by an issuer acting in collusion with the wrongdoer.

(b)An issuer that is liable for wrongful registration of transfer under subsection

(a)on demand shall provide the person entitled to the security with a like certificated or uncertificated security, and any payments or distributions that the person did not receive as a result of the wrongful registration. If an overissue would result, the issuer's liability to provide the person with a like security is governed by § 8.8A-210 .

(c)Except as otherwise provided in subsection

(a)or in a law relating to the collection of taxes, an issuer is not liable to an owner or other person suffering loss as a result of the registration of a transfer of a security if registration was made pursuant to an effective endorsement or instruction.

1996, c. 216 .