West Virginia Code § 46-8-510

Rights of purchaser of security entitlement from entitlement holder
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(a) In a case not covered by the priority rules in article nine or the rules stated in subsection
(c) of this section, an action based on an adverse claim to a financial asset or security
entitlement, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien or
other theory, may not be asserted against a person who purchases a security entitlement, or
an interest therein, from an entitlement holder if the purchaser gives value,e does not have
notice of the adverse claim, and obtains control.
(b) If an adverse claim could not have been asserted against an entitlement holder under
section 8-502, the adverse claim cannot be asserted against a peurson who purchases a
security entitlement, or an interest therein, from the entitlement holder.
(c) In a case not covered by the priority rules in article nine, a purchaser for value of a
security entitlement, or an interest therein, who obtains control has priority over a
purchaser of a security entitlement, or an interest therein, who does not obtain control.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of tlhis section, purchasers who have control
rank according to priority in time of: s
(1) The purchaser's becoming the person fior whom the securities account, in which the
security entitlement is carried, is magintained, if the purchaser obtained control under
section 8-106(d)(1);
(2) The securities intermediary's agreement to comply with the purchaser's entitlement
orders with respect to security entitlements carried or to be carried in the securities account
in which the security entitlement is carried, if the purchaser obtained control under section
8-106(d)(2); or
(3) If the purcVhaser obtained control through another person under section 8-106(d)(3), the
time on which priority would be based under this subsection if the other person were the
secured party.
(d) A securities intermediary as purchaser has priority over a conflicting purchaser who has
control unless otherwise agreed by the securities intermediary.

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