{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/8.2A-307.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/8.2A-307.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/8.2A-307.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/8.2A-307.html"}],"law_id":77642,"edition_id":1,"section_id":77642,"structure_id":14808,"section_number":"8.2A-307","catch_line":"Priority of liens arising by attachment or levy on, security interests in, and other claims to goods","history":"1991, c. 536; 2000, c. 1007.","full_text":"1\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in § 8.2A-306, a creditor of a lessee takes subject to the lease contract.2\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section and in §§ 8.2A-306 and 8.2A-308, a creditor of a lessor takes subject to the lease contract unless the creditor holds a lien that attached to the goods before the lease contract became enforceable.3\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in §§ 8.9A-317, 8.9A-321, and 8.9A-323, a lessee takes a leasehold interest subject to a security interest held by a creditor of the lessor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":278513,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in § 8.2A-306, a creditor of a lessee takes subject to the lease contract.","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"next_prefix":"2"},"1":{"id":278514,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section and in §§ 8.2A-306 and 8.2A-308, a creditor of a lessor takes subject to the lease contract unless the creditor holds a lien that attached to the goods before the lease contract became enforceable.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"2":{"id":278515,"text":"Except as otherwise provided in §§ 8.9A-317, 8.9A-321, and 8.9A-323, a lessee takes a leasehold interest subject to a security interest held by a creditor of the lessor.","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14808,"edition_id":1,"name":"Effect of Lease Contract","identifier":"3","label":"part","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12736,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:03","permalink":{"id":282493,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14808,"identifier":"3","token":"8.2A\/3","url":"\/8.2A\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12736,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commercial Code \u2014 Leases","identifier":"8.2A","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":282367,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12736,"identifier":"8.2A","token":"8.2A","url":"\/8.2A\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":68458,"structure_id":14808,"section_number":"8.2A-301","catch_line":"Enforceability of lease contract","url":"\/8.2A-301\/","token":"8.2A\/3\/8.2A-301","metadata":false},{"id":56636,"structure_id":14808,"section_number":"8.2A-302","catch_line":"Title to and possession of goods","url":"\/8.2A-302\/","token":"8.2A\/3\/8.2A-302","metadata":false},{"id":58906,"structure_id":14808,"section_number":"8.2A-303","catch_line":"Alienability of party's interest under lease contract or of lessor's residual interest in goods; 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 536 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. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76970,"section_number":"8.2A-306","catch_line":"Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-306\/"},{"id":79922,"section_number":"8.2A-308","catch_line":"Special rights of creditors","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-308\/"},{"id":62358,"section_number":"8.9A-317","catch_line":"Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-317\/"},{"id":59162,"section_number":"8.9A-321","catch_line":"Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-321\/"},{"id":65781,"section_number":"8.9A-323","catch_line":"Future advances","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-323\/"}],"permalink":{"id":282519,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77642,"identifier":"8.2A-307","token":"8.2A\/3\/8.2A-307","url":"\/8.2A-307\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-307\/","token":"8.2A\/3\/8.2A-307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Priority of liens arising by attachment or levy on, security interests in, and other claims to goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in § 8.2A-306<\/a>, a creditor<\/span> of a lessee takes subject to the lease contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section and in §§ 8.2A-306<\/a> and 8.2A-308<\/a>, a creditor<\/span> of a lessor takes subject to the lease contract<\/span> unless the creditor<\/span> holds a lien<\/span> that attached to the goods before the lease contract<\/span> became enforceable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in §§ 8.9A-317<\/a>, 8.9A-321<\/a>, and 8.9A-323<\/a>, a lessee takes a leasehold interest subject to a security interest held by a creditor<\/span> of the lessor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRIORITY OF LIENS ARISING BY ATTACHMENT OR LEVY ON, SECURITY INTERESTS IN, AND\nOTHER CLAIMS TO GOODS (\u00a7 8.2A-307)\n\n1. Except as otherwise provided in § 8.2A-306, a creditor of a lessee takes\nsubject to the lease contract.\n\n2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section and in\n§§ 8.2A-306 and 8.2A-308, a creditor of a lessor takes subject to the\nlease contract unless the creditor holds a lien that attached to the goods\nbefore the lease contract became enforceable.\n\n3. Except as otherwise provided in §§ 8.9A-317, 8.9A-321, and\n8.9A-323, a lessee takes a leasehold interest subject to a security interest\nheld by a creditor of the lessor.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 536; 2000, c. 1007.","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}}