{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/8.9A-709.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/8.9A-709.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/8.9A-709.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/8.9A-709.html"}],"law_id":67010,"edition_id":1,"section_id":67010,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-709","catch_line":"Priority","history":"2000, c. 1007.","full_text":"a\n\nLaw governing priority. This title determines the priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before this title takes effect, former Title 8.9 determines priority.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":242880,"text":"Law governing priority. This title determines the priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before this title takes effect, former Title 8.9 determines priority.","type":"section","prefixes":["a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"a","prefix_anchor":"a","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14834,"edition_id":1,"name":"Transition","identifier":"7","label":"part","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13277,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:15","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:15","permalink":{"id":284411,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14834,"identifier":"7","token":"8.9A\/7","url":"\/8.9A\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13277,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commercial Code \u2014 Secured Transactions","identifier":"8.9A","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","permalink":{"id":283833,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13277,"identifier":"8.9A","token":"8.9A","url":"\/8.9A\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":64989,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-701","catch_line":"Effective date","url":"\/8.9A-701\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-701","metadata":false},{"id":75345,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-702","catch_line":"Savings clause","url":"\/8.9A-702\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-702","metadata":false},{"id":56712,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-703","catch_line":"Security interest perfected before effective date","url":"\/8.9A-703\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-703","metadata":false},{"id":74614,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-704","catch_line":"Security interest unperfected before effective date","url":"\/8.9A-704\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-704","metadata":false},{"id":70875,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-705","catch_line":"Effectiveness of action taken before effective date","url":"\/8.9A-705\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-705","metadata":false},{"id":71951,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-706","catch_line":"When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement","url":"\/8.9A-706\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-706","metadata":false},{"id":65306,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-707","catch_line":"Amendment of preeffective-date financing statement","url":"\/8.9A-707\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-707","metadata":false},{"id":78521,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-708","catch_line":"Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement","url":"\/8.9A-708\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-708","metadata":false},{"id":67010,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-709","catch_line":"Priority","url":"\/8.9A-709\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-709","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":78521,"structure_id":14834,"section_number":"8.9A-708","catch_line":"Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement","url":"\/8.9A-708\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-708","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.9A-709\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP1007\">1007<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":284445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67010,"identifier":"8.9A-709","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-709","url":"\/8.9A-709\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-709\/","token":"8.9A\/7\/8.9A-709","dublin_core":{"Title":"Priority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-709","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Law<\/span> governing priority. This title determines the priority of conflicting claims to <span class=\"dictionary\">collateral<\/span>. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before this title takes effect, former Title 8.9 determines priority. <a id=\"paragraph-242880\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-709\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRIORITY (\u00a7 8.9A-709)\n\na. Law governing priority. This title determines the priority of conflicting\nclaims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were\nestablished before this title takes effect, former Title 8.9 determines\npriority.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}