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Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral created by another person if:1\n\nthe debtor acquired the collateral subject to the security interest created by the other person;2\n\nthe security interest created by the other person was perfected when the debtor acquired the collateral; and3\n\nthere is no period thereafter when the security interest is unperfected.b\n\nLimitation of subsection (a) subordination. Subsection (a) subordinates a security interest only if the security interest:1\n\notherwise would have priority solely under § 8.9A-322 (a) or § 8.9A-324; or2\n\narose solely under § 8.2-711 (3) or § 8.2A-508 (5).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":224347,"text":"Subordination of security interest in transferred collateral. 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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"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":61423,"section_number":"8.9A-322","catch_line":"Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-322\/"},{"id":72557,"section_number":"8.9A-324","catch_line":"Priority of purchase-money security interests","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-324\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284059,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61420,"identifier":"8.9A-325","token":"8.9A\/3\/3\/8.9A-325","url":"\/8.9A-325\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-325\/","token":"8.9A\/3\/3\/8.9A-325","dublin_core":{"Title":"Priority of security interests in transferred collateral","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-325","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Subordination<\/span> of security interest in transferred collateral<\/span>. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral<\/span> created by another person if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> the debtor acquired the collateral<\/span> subject to the security interest created by the other person; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> the security interest created by the other person was perfected when the debtor acquired the collateral<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> there is no period thereafter when the security interest is unperfected. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Limitation of subsection (a) subordination<\/span>. Subsection (a) subordinates a security interest only if the security interest: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> otherwise would have priority solely under § 8.9A-322<\/a> (a) or § 8.9A-324<\/a>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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