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Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with § 8.9A-503 (a) is seriously misleading.c\n\nFinancing statement not seriously misleading. If a search of the records of the filing office under the debtor’s correct name, using the filing office’s standard search logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with § 8.9A-503 (a), the name provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading.d\n\n“Debtor’s correct name.” For purposes of § 8.9A-508 (b), the “debtor’s correct name” in subsection (c) means the correct name of the new debtor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":224679,"text":"Minor errors and omissions. 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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":81477,"section_number":"8.9A-503","catch_line":"Name of debtor and secured party","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-503\/"},{"id":83849,"section_number":"8.9A-508","catch_line":"Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-508\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61527,"identifier":"8.9A-506","token":"8.9A\/5\/1\/8.9A-506","url":"\/8.9A-506\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-506\/","token":"8.9A\/5\/1\/8.9A-506","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of errors or omissions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-506","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Minor<\/span> errors and omissions. A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this part is effective, even if it has minor<\/span> errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Financing statement seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with § 8.9A-503<\/a> (a) is seriously misleading. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Financing statement not seriously misleading. If a search of the records of the filing office under the debtor’s correct name, using the filing office’s standard search logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with § 8.9A-503<\/a> (a), the name provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> “Debtor’s correct name.” For purposes of § 8.9A-508<\/a> (b), the “debtor’s correct name” in subsection (c) means the correct name of the new debtor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF ERRORS OR OMISSIONS (\u00a7 8.9A-506)\n\na. Minor errors and omissions. A financing statement substantially satisfying\nthe requirements of this part is effective, even if it has minor errors or\nomissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously\nmisleading.\n\nb. Financing statement seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubsection (c), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the\nname of the debtor in accordance with § 8.9A-503 (a) is seriously\nmisleading.\n\nc. Financing statement not seriously misleading. If a search of the records of\nthe filing office under the debtor’s correct name, using the filing\noffice’s standard search logic, if any, would disclose a financing\nstatement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in\naccordance with § 8.9A-503 (a), the name provided does not make the\nfinancing statement seriously misleading.\n\nd. “Debtor’s correct name.” For purposes of § 8.9A-508\n(b), the “debtor’s correct name” in subsection (c) means the\ncorrect name of the new debtor.\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}}