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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":284143,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74669,"identifier":"8.9A-402","token":"8.9A\/4\/8.9A-402","url":"\/8.9A-402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-402\/","token":"8.9A\/4\/8.9A-402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The existence of a security interest, agricultural lien<\/span>, or authority given to a debtor to dispose of or use collateral<\/span>, without more, does not subject a secured party<\/span> to liability in contract<\/span> or tort<\/span> for the debtor’s acts or omissions.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECURED PARTY NOT OBLIGATED ON CONTRACT OF DEBTOR OR IN TORT (\u00a7 8.9A-402)\n\nThe existence of a security interest, agricultural lien, or authority given to a\ndebtor to dispose of or use collateral, without more, does not subject a secured\nparty to liability in contract or tort for the debtor’s acts or omissions.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.9-317; 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}}