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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":false,"permalink":{"id":281813,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57930,"identifier":"8.13-305","token":"8.13\/3\/8.13-305","url":"\/8.13-305\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.13-305\/","token":"8.13\/3\/8.13-305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Priority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.13-305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Determination of priority. Subject to subsections (b) and (c), this act determines the priority of conflicting claims to collateral<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Established priorities. Subject to subsection (c), if the priorities of claims to collateral<\/span> were established before the effective date of this act, Title 8.9A as in effect before the effective date of this act determines priority. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Determination of certain priorities on adjustment date. On the adjustment date, to the extent the priorities determined by Title 8.9A as amended by this act modify the priorities established before the effective date of this act, the priorities of claims to Title 8.12 property and electronic money established before the effective date of this act cease to apply. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRIORITY (\u00a7 8.13-305)\n\na. Determination of priority. Subject to subsections (b) and (c), this act\ndetermines the priority of conflicting claims to collateral.\n\nb. Established priorities. Subject to subsection (c), if the priorities of\nclaims to collateral were established before the effective date of this act,\nTitle 8.9A as in effect before the effective date of this act determines\npriority.\n\nc. Determination of certain priorities on adjustment date. On the adjustment\ndate, to the extent the priorities determined by Title 8.9A as amended by this\nact modify the priorities established before the effective date of this act, the\npriorities of claims to Title 8.12 property and electronic money established\nbefore the effective date of this act cease to apply.\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}}