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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 8 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 649; in 1973, chapter 509; in 1976, chapter 536; in 1977, chapter 539; in 1978, chapters 284 and 285; in 1982, chapter 652; in 1999, chapter 96<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82128,"section_number":"8.9A-108","catch_line":"Sufficiency of description","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-108\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284191,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54883,"identifier":"8.9A-504","token":"8.9A\/5\/1\/8.9A-504","url":"\/8.9A-504\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-504\/","token":"8.9A\/5\/1\/8.9A-504","dublin_core":{"Title":"Indication of collateral","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-504","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral<\/span> that it covers if the financing statement provides:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> a description of the collateral<\/span> pursuant to § 8.9A-108<\/a>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> an indication that the financing statement covers all assets<\/span> or all personal property. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINDICATION OF COLLATERAL (\u00a7 8.9A-504)\n\nA financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if\nthe financing statement provides:\n\n1. a description of the collateral pursuant to § 8.9A-108; or\n\n2. an indication that the financing statement covers all assets or all personal\nproperty.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.9-402; 1966, c. 649; 1973, c. 509; 1976, c. 536;\n1977, c. 539; 1978, cc. 284, 285; 1982, c. 652; 1999, c. 96; 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}}