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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

13 GCA § 8315: Action Against Purchaser Based upon Wrongful Transfer.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 13: Uniform Commercial Code
  2. Division 8: Investment Securities
  3. CHAPTER 3: PURCHASE

(1) Any person against whom the transfer of a security is wrongful for any reason, including lack of delivery or his incapacity, may against any purchaser except a bona fide purchaser reclaim possession of the security or obtain possession of any new security evidencing all or part of the same rights or have damages.

(2) If the transfer is wrongful because of an unauthorized indorsement, the owner may also reclaim or obtain possession of the security or new security even from a bona fide purchaser if the ineffectiveness of the purported indorsement can be asserted against him under the provisions of this division on unauthorized indorsements (Section 8311).

(3) The right to obtain or reclaim possession of a security may be specifically enforced and its transfer enjoined and the security impounded pending the litigation.

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