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Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the filing of a financing statement is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in property subject to:1\n\na statute, regulation, or treaty of the United States whose requirements for a security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property preempt § 8.9A-310 (a);2\n\na statute of the Commonwealth covering automobiles or other goods, which provides for a security interest to be indicated on a certificate of title as a condition to or result of perfection of the security interest; or3\n\na statute of another jurisdiction which provides for a security interest to be indicated on a certificate of title as a condition or result of the security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property.b\n\nCompliance with other law. Compliance with the requirements of a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) for obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor is equivalent to the filing of a financing statement under this title. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and §§ 8.9A-313 and 8.9A-316 (d) and (e) for goods covered by a certificate of title, a security interest in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) may be perfected only by compliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected remains perfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession of the collateral.c\n\nDuration and renewal of perfection. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and § 8.9A-316 (d) and (e), duration and renewal of perfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the requirements prescribed by a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) are governed by the statute, regulation, or treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this title.d\n\nInapplicability to certain inventory. During any period in which collateral subject to a statute specified in subsection (a) (2) is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling goods of that kind, this section does not apply to a security interest in that collateral created by that person.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217064,"text":"Security interest subject to other law. 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Compliance with the requirements of a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) for obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor is equivalent to the filing of a financing statement under this title. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and §§ 8.9A-313 and 8.9A-316 (d) and (e) for goods covered by a certificate of title, a security interest in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) may be perfected only by compliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected remains perfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession of the collateral.","type":"section","prefixes":["b"],"prefix":"b","entire_prefix":"b","prefix_anchor":"b","level":1,"prior_prefix":"a3","next_prefix":"c"},"5":{"id":217069,"text":"Duration and renewal of perfection. 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During any period in which collateral subject to a statute specified in subsection (a) (2) is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling goods of that kind, this section does not apply to a security interest in that collateral created by that person.","type":"section","prefixes":["d"],"prefix":"d","entire_prefix":"d","prefix_anchor":"d","level":1,"prior_prefix":"c"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15119,"edition_id":1,"name":"Perfection","identifier":"2","label":"subpart","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13858,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:16","permalink":{"id":283983,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15119,"identifier":"2","token":"8.9A\/3\/2","url":"\/8.9A\/3\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13858,"edition_id":1,"name":"Perfection and Priority","identifier":"3","label":"part","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13277,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:06","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:06","permalink":{"id":283943,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13858,"identifier":"3","token":"8.9A\/3","url":"\/8.9A\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13277,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commercial Code \u2014 Secured Transactions","identifier":"8.9A","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","permalink":{"id":283833,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13277,"identifier":"8.9A","token":"8.9A","url":"\/8.9A\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":84738,"structure_id":15119,"section_number":"8.9A-308","catch_line":"When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; 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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 7 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>; in 2012, chapter 155<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71502,"section_number":"8.9A-309","catch_line":"Security interest perfected upon attachment","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-309\/"},{"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":82133,"section_number":"8.9A-316","catch_line":"Effect of change in governing law","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-316\/"},{"id":71252,"section_number":"8.9A-334","catch_line":"Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-334\/"},{"id":66095,"section_number":"8.9A-335","catch_line":"Accessions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-335\/"},{"id":55482,"section_number":"8.9A-337","catch_line":"Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-337\/"},{"id":56694,"section_number":"8.9A-505","catch_line":"Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments, and other transactions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-505\/"},{"id":69700,"section_number":"8.9A-611","catch_line":"Notification before disposition of collateral","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-611\/"},{"id":69990,"section_number":"8.9A-621","catch_line":"Notification of proposal to accept collateral","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-621\/"}],"refers_to":[{"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":59813,"section_number":"8.9A-313","catch_line":"When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-313\/"},{"id":82133,"section_number":"8.9A-316","catch_line":"Effect of change in governing law","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-316\/"}],"permalink":{"id":283997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59215,"identifier":"8.9A-311","token":"8.9A\/3\/2\/8.9A-311","url":"\/8.9A-311\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-311\/","token":"8.9A\/3\/2\/8.9A-311","dublin_core":{"Title":"Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations, and treaties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-311","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Security interest subject to other law<\/span>. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the filing of a financing statement is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in property subject to: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> a statute<\/span>, regulation, or treaty of the United States whose requirements for a security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien<\/span> creditor<\/span> with respect to the property preempt § 8.9A-310<\/a> (a); <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> a statute<\/span> of the Commonwealth covering automobiles or other goods, which provides for a security interest to be indicated on a certificate of title as a condition to or result of perfection of the security interest; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> a statute<\/span> of another jurisdiction<\/span> which provides for a security interest to be indicated on a certificate of title as a condition or result of the security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien<\/span> creditor<\/span> with respect to the property. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Compliance with other law<\/span>. Compliance with the requirements of a statute<\/span>, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) for obtaining priority over the rights of a lien<\/span> creditor<\/span> is equivalent to the filing of a financing statement under this title. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and §§ 8.9A-313<\/a> and 8.9A-316<\/a> (d) and (e) for goods covered by a certificate of title, a security interest in property subject to a statute<\/span>, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) may be perfected only by compliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected remains perfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession<\/span> of the collateral<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Duration and renewal of perfection. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and § 8.9A-316<\/a> (d) and (e), duration and renewal of perfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the requirements prescribed by a statute<\/span>, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) are governed by the statute<\/span>, regulation, or treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> Inapplicability to certain inventory. During any period in which collateral<\/span> subject to a statute<\/span> specified in subsection (a) (2) is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling goods of that kind, this section does not apply to a security interest in that collateral<\/span> created by that person. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CERTAIN STATUTES,\nREGULATIONS, AND TREATIES (\u00a7 8.9A-311)\n\na. Security interest subject to other law. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubsection (d), the filing of a financing statement is not necessary or\neffective to perfect a security interest in property subject to:\n\n 1. a statute, regulation, or treaty of the United States whose requirements\n for a security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien\n creditor with respect to the property preempt § 8.9A-310 (a);\n\n 2. a statute of the Commonwealth covering automobiles or other goods, which\n provides for a security interest to be indicated on a certificate of title as\n a condition to or result of perfection of the security interest; or\n\n 3. a statute of another jurisdiction which provides for a security interest to\n be indicated on a certificate of title as a condition or result of the\n security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien\n creditor with respect to the property.\n\nb. Compliance with other law. Compliance with the requirements of a statute,\nregulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) for obtaining priority over\nthe rights of a lien creditor is equivalent to the filing of a financing\nstatement under this title. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and\n§§ 8.9A-313 and 8.9A-316 (d) and (e) for goods covered by a\ncertificate of title, a security interest in property subject to a statute,\nregulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) may be perfected only by\ncompliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected remains\nperfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession of the\ncollateral.\n\nc. Duration and renewal of perfection. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubsection (d) and § 8.9A-316 (d) and (e), duration and renewal of\nperfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the requirements\nprescribed by a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) are\ngoverned by the statute, regulation, or treaty. In other respects, the security\ninterest is subject to this title.\n\nd. Inapplicability to certain inventory. During any period in which collateral\nsubject to a statute specified in subsection (a) (2) is inventory held for sale\nor lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in\nthe business of selling goods of that kind, this section does not apply to a\nsecurity interest in that collateral created by that person.\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; 2000, c. 1007; 2012, c. 155.","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}}