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The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under § 8.9A-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.b\n\nDestruction of written records. Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":271459,"text":"Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. 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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 12 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 1973, chapter 509; in 1975, chapter 225; in 1976, chapter 536; in 1977, chapter 539; in 1978, chapter 284; in 1982, chapter 652; in 1984, chapters 40 and 771; in 1985, chapter 297; in 1988, chapter 804; in 1990, chapters 89 and 412; in 1992, chapter 784; in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65185,"section_number":"8.9A-513","catch_line":"Termination statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-513\/"},{"id":67311,"section_number":"8.9A-523","catch_line":"Information from filing office; sale or license of records","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-523\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70878,"section_number":"8.9A-515","catch_line":"Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-515\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75566,"identifier":"8.9A-522","token":"8.9A\/5\/2\/8.9A-522","url":"\/8.9A-522\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-522\/","token":"8.9A\/5\/2\/8.9A-522","dublin_core":{"Title":"Maintenance and destruction of records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-522","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under § 8.9A-515<\/a> with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Destruction of written records. Except to the extent that a statute<\/span> governing disposition<\/span> of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAINTENANCE AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS (\u00a7 8.9A-522)\n\na. Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. The filing office shall\nmaintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for\nat least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed\nunder § 8.9A-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record\nmust be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and by using the file number\nassigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.\n\nb. Destruction of written records. Except to the extent that a statute governing\ndisposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately\nmay destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the\nfiling office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the\nfinancing statement which complies with subsection (a).\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.9-403; 1973, c. 509; 1975, c. 225; 1976, c. 536;\n1977, c. 539; 1978, c. 284; 1982, c. 652; 1984, cc. 40, 771; 1985, c. 297; 1988,\nc. 804; 1990, cc. 89, 412; 1992, c. 784; 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}}