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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 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":[{"id":59732,"section_number":"8.9A-109","catch_line":"Scope","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-109\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":284095,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79779,"identifier":"8.9A-333","token":"8.9A\/3\/3\/8.9A-333","url":"\/8.9A-333\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-333\/","token":"8.9A\/3\/3\/8.9A-333","dublin_core":{"Title":"Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-333","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> “Possessory lien<\/span>.” In this section, “possessory lien<\/span>” means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials<\/span> furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course of the person’s business; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> which is created by statute<\/span> or rule of law<\/span> in favor of the person; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> whose effectiveness depends on the person’s possession<\/span> of the goods. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Priority of possessory lien<\/span>. A possessory lien<\/span> on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a statute<\/span> that expressly provides otherwise. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRIORITY OF CERTAIN LIENS ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW (\u00a7 8.9A-333)\n\na. “Possessory lien.” In this section, “possessory lien”\nmeans an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien:\n\n 1. which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or\n materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course\n of the person’s business;\n\n 2. which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person; and\n\n 3. whose effectiveness depends on the person’s possession of the goods.\n\nb. Priority of possessory lien. A possessory lien on goods has priority over a\nsecurity interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a statute that\nexpressly provides otherwise.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.9-310; 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}}