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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 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 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 569; in 1973, chapter 509; in 1983, chapters 204 and 367; in 1984, chapter 613; in 1996, chapter 216<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84738,"section_number":"8.9A-308","catch_line":"When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-308\/"},{"id":57600,"section_number":"8.9A-310","catch_line":"When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-310\/"},{"id":65781,"section_number":"8.9A-323","catch_line":"Future advances","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-323\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64663,"section_number":"8.2-401","catch_line":"Passing of title; reservation for security; limited application of this section","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-401\/"},{"id":65205,"section_number":"8.2-505","catch_line":"Seller's shipment under reservation","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-505\/"},{"id":71698,"section_number":"8.2-711","catch_line":"Buyer's remedies in general; buyer's security interest in rejected goods","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2-711\/"},{"id":62750,"section_number":"8.2A-508","catch_line":"Lessee's remedies","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.2A-508\/"},{"id":64339,"section_number":"8.4-210","catch_line":"Presentment by notice of item not payable by, through or at a bank; liability of drawer or endorser","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.4-210\/"},{"id":65323,"section_number":"8.5A-118","catch_line":"Applicability","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.5A-118\/"},{"id":54271,"section_number":"8.9A-206","catch_line":"Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-206\/"},{"id":59215,"section_number":"8.9A-311","catch_line":"Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations, and treaties","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-311\/"}],"permalink":{"id":283989,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71502,"identifier":"8.9A-309","token":"8.9A\/3\/2\/8.9A-309","url":"\/8.9A-309\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-309\/","token":"8.9A\/3\/2\/8.9A-309","dublin_core":{"Title":"Security interest perfected upon attachment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-309","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The following security interests are perfected when they attach:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in § 8.9A-311<\/a> (b) with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute<\/span> or treaty described in § 8.9A-311<\/a> (a); <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> an assignment of accounts or payment intangibles which does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor’s outstanding accounts or payment intangibles; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> a sale of a payment intangible; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> a sale of a promissory note; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> a security interest created by the assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable to the provider of the health-care goods or services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> a security interest arising under §§ 8.2-401<\/a>, 8.2-505<\/a>, 8.2-711<\/a> (3), or § 8.2A-508<\/a> (5), until the debtor obtains possession<\/span> of the collateral<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> a security interest of a collecting bank arising under § 8.4-210<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> a security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under § 8.5A-118<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> a security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under § 8.9A-206<\/a> (c); <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> a security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

11.<\/span> a security interest in a commodity contract<\/span> or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

12.<\/span> an assignment for the benefit of all creditors<\/span> of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

13.<\/span> a security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent’s estate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECURITY INTEREST PERFECTED UPON ATTACHMENT (\u00a7 8.9A-309)\n\nThe following security interests are perfected when they attach:\n\n1. a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise\nprovided in § 8.9A-311 (b) with respect to consumer goods that are subject\nto a statute or treaty described in § 8.9A-311 (a);\n\n2. an assignment of accounts or payment intangibles which does not by itself or\nin conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a\nsignificant part of the assignor’s outstanding accounts or payment\nintangibles;\n\n3. a sale of a payment intangible;\n\n4. a sale of a promissory note;\n\n5. a security interest created by the assignment of a health-care-insurance\nreceivable to the provider of the health-care goods or services;\n\n6. a security interest arising under §§ 8.2-401, 8.2-505, 8.2-711 (3),\nor § 8.2A-508 (5), until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral;\n\n7. a security interest of a collecting bank arising under § 8.4-210;\n\n8. a security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under §\n8.5A-118;\n\n9. a security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under §\n8.9A-206 (c);\n\n10. a security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities\nintermediary;\n\n11. a security interest in a commodity contract or a commodity account created\nby a commodity intermediary;\n\n12. an assignment for the benefit of all creditors of the transferor and\nsubsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder; and\n\n13. a security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a\ndecedent’s estate.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.9-302; 1966, c. 569; 1973, c. 509; 1983, cc. 204,\n367; 1984, c. 613; 1996, c. 216, \u00a7\u00a7 8.9-115, 8.9-116; 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}}