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Within ten days after receiving a signed demand by the debtor, a secured party shall send to an account debtor that has received notification under subsection (a) of § 8.9A-406 or subsection (b) of § 8.12-106 of an assignment to the secured party as assignee a signed record that releases the account debtor from any further obligation to the secured party.c\n\nInapplicability to sales. This section does not apply to an assignment constituting the sale of an account, chattel paper, or payment intangible.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":231573,"text":"Applicability of section. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1007<\/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. 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 2024, chapter 652<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56311,"section_number":"8.12-106","catch_line":"Discharge of account debtor on controllable account or controllable payment intangible","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.12-106\/"},{"id":78910,"section_number":"8.9A-406","catch_line":"Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promissory notes ineffective","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-406\/"}],"permalink":{"id":283935,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63561,"identifier":"8.9A-209","token":"8.9A\/2\/2\/8.9A-209","url":"\/8.9A-209\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-209\/","token":"8.9A\/2\/2\/8.9A-209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Applicability of section. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), this section applies if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> there is no outstanding secured obligation; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> the secured party<\/span> is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Duties of secured party<\/span> after receiving demand from debtor. Within ten days after receiving a signed demand by the debtor, a secured party<\/span> shall send to an account debtor that has received notification under subsection (a) of § 8.9A-406<\/a> or subsection (b) of § 8.12-106<\/a> of an assignment to the secured party<\/span> as assignee a signed record that releases the account debtor from any further obligation to the secured party<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Inapplicability to sales. This section does not apply to an assignment constituting the sale of an account, chattel paper, or payment intangible. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTIES OF SECURED PARTY IF ACCOUNT DEBTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF ASSIGNMENT (\u00a7\n8.9A-209)\n\na. Applicability of section. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c),\nthis section applies if:\n\n 1. there is no outstanding secured obligation; and\n\n 2. the secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or\n otherwise give value.\n\nb. Duties of secured party after receiving demand from debtor. Within ten days\nafter receiving a signed demand by the debtor, a secured party shall send to an\naccount debtor that has received notification under subsection (a) of §\n8.9A-406 or subsection (b) of § 8.12-106 of an assignment to the secured\nparty as assignee a signed record that releases the account debtor from any\nfurther obligation to the secured party.\n\nc. Inapplicability to sales. This section does not apply to an assignment\nconstituting the sale of an account, chattel paper, or payment intangible.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 1007; 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}}