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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 652<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74128,"section_number":"8.9A-203","catch_line":"Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds, supporting obligations; formal requisites","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-203\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281805,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75476,"identifier":"8.13-303","token":"8.13\/3\/8.13-303","url":"\/8.13-303\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.13-303\/","token":"8.13\/3\/8.13-303","dublin_core":{"Title":"Security interest unperfected before effective date","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.13-303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A security interest that is enforceable immediately before the effective date of this act but is unperfected at that time:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> remains an enforceable security interest until the adjustment date; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> remains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes enforceable under § 8.9A-203<\/a>, as amended by this act, on the effective date of this act or before the adjustment date; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> becomes perfected: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> without further action, on the effective date of this act if the requirements for perfection under this act are satisfied before or at that time; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> when the requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECURITY INTEREST UNPERFECTED BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE (\u00a7 8.13-303)\n\nA security interest that is enforceable immediately before the effective date of\nthis act but is unperfected at that time:\n\n1. remains an enforceable security interest until the adjustment date;\n\n2. remains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes enforceable\nunder § 8.9A-203, as amended by this act, on the effective date of this act\nor before the adjustment date; and\n\n3. becomes perfected:\n\n A. without further action, on the effective date of this act if the\n requirements for perfection under this act are satisfied before or at that\n time; or\n\n B. when the requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are\n satisfied after that time.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 652.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}