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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":62108,"section_number":"55.1-1305","catch_line":"Rent; liability of secured party taking possession of an abandoned manufactured home","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1305\/"},{"id":58431,"section_number":"8.9A-102","catch_line":"Definitions and index of definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-102\/"},{"id":74406,"section_number":"8.9A-602","catch_line":"Waiver and variance of rights and duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-602\/"},{"id":69348,"section_number":"8.9A-603","catch_line":"Agreement on standards concerning rights and duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-603\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":284329,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76317,"identifier":"8.9A-609","token":"8.9A\/6\/1\/8.9A-609","url":"\/8.9A-609\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-609\/","token":"8.9A\/6\/1\/8.9A-609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Secured party’s right to take possession after default","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Possession<\/span>; rendering equipment unusable; disposition<\/span> on debtor’s premises. After default<\/span>, a secured party<\/span>: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> may take possession<\/span> of the collateral<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral<\/span> on a debtor’s premises under § 8.9A-610<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Judicial and nonjudicial process. A secured party<\/span> may proceed under subsection (a): <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> pursuant to judicial process; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Assembly of collateral<\/span>. If so agreed, and in any event after default<\/span>, a secured party<\/span> may require the debtor to assemble the collateral<\/span> and make it available to the secured party<\/span> at a place to be designated by the secured party<\/span> which is reasonably convenient to both parties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECURED PARTY’S RIGHT TO TAKE POSSESSION AFTER DEFAULT (\u00a7 8.9A-609)\n\na. Possession; rendering equipment unusable; disposition on debtor’s\npremises. After default, a secured party:\n\n 1. may take possession of the collateral; and\n\n 2. without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on\n a debtor’s premises under § 8.9A-610.\n\nb. Judicial and nonjudicial process. A secured party may proceed under\nsubsection (a):\n\n 1. pursuant to judicial process; or\n\n 2. without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.\n\nc. Assembly of collateral. If so agreed, and in any event after default, a\nsecured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it\navailable to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party\nwhich is reasonably convenient to both parties.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.9-503; 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}}