Com. Code, § 8104 · Chapter 1. Short Title and General Matters
Com. Code, § 8104
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person acquires a security or an interest therein, under this division, if either of the following applies:
(1) The person is a purchaser to whom a security is delivered pursuant to Section 8301; or
(2) The person acquires a security entitlement to the security pursuant to Section 8501.
(b) A person acquires a financial asset, other than a security, or an interest therein, under this division, 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 Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 8501), 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 8503.
(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 subdivision (a) or (b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 497, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.
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