{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.8a-208","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.8A-208","heading":"Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar or transfer agent","body":"(a) A person signing a security certificate as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, warrants to a purchaser for value of the certificated security, if the purchaser is without notice of a particular defect, that:(1) the certificate is genuine;(2) the person's own participation in the issue of the security is within the person's capacity and within the scope of the authority received by the person from the issuer; and(3) the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the certificated security is in the form and within the amount the issuer is authorized to issue.(b) Unless otherwise agreed, a person signing under subsection (a) does not assume responsibility for the validity of the security in other respects.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-208/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:13:24Z","sha256":"e9942f1c54faa37914967968d9b2c34bb32d568a37c60820873c34b625376dfb","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.8a-207","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.8a-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}