{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.8a-206","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.8A-206","heading":"Completion or alteration of security certificate","body":"(a) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect:(1) any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized; and(2) even if the blanks are incorrectly filled in, the security certificate as completed is enforceable by a purchaser who took it for value and without notice of the incorrectness.(b) A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms.1996, c. 216.","path":["Title 8.8A. COMMERCIAL CODE — INVESTMENT SECURITIES","Part 2. ISSUE AND ISSUER"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.8A-206/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:13:24Z","sha256":"a9302319a00baf557431d4dcc5590c765fc2460bafd6260a8044e2284857379d","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.8a-205","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.8a-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}