{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/8.9A-802.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/8.9A-802.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/8.9A-802.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/8.9A-802.html"}],"law_id":86298,"edition_id":1,"section_id":86298,"structure_id":15839,"section_number":"8.9A-802","catch_line":"Savings clause","history":"2012, c. 155.","full_text":"a\n\nPre-effective-date transactions or liens. Except as otherwise provided in this part, the 2013 amendments apply to a transaction or lien within its scope, even if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before July 1, 2013.b\n\nPre-effective-date proceedings. The 2013 amendments do not affect an action, case, or proceeding commenced before July 1, 2013.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309062,"text":"Pre-effective-date transactions or liens. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0155\">155<\/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":284455,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86298,"identifier":"8.9A-802","token":"8.9A\/8\/8.9A-802","url":"\/8.9A-802\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-802\/","token":"8.9A\/8\/8.9A-802","dublin_core":{"Title":"Savings clause","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-802","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> Pre-effective-date transactions or <span class=\"dictionary\">liens<\/span>. Except as otherwise provided in this part, the 2013 amendments apply to a transaction or <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> within its scope, even if the transaction or <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> was entered into or created before July 1, 2013. <a id=\"paragraph-309062\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-802\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">b.<\/span> Pre-effective-date proceedings. The 2013 amendments do not affect an action, case, or proceeding commenced before July 1, 2013. <a id=\"paragraph-309063\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-802\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSAVINGS CLAUSE (\u00a7 8.9A-802)\n\na. Pre-effective-date transactions or liens. Except as otherwise provided in\nthis part, the 2013 amendments apply to a transaction or lien within its scope,\neven if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before July 1, 2013.\n\nb. Pre-effective-date proceedings. The 2013 amendments do not affect an action,\ncase, or proceeding commenced before July 1, 2013.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 155.","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}}