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A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before July 1, 2013, is a perfected security interest under this title as amended by the 2013 amendments if, on July 1, 2013, the applicable requirements for attachment and perfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied without further action.b\n\nContinuing perfection; perfection requirements not satisfied. Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7; 8.9A-805, if, immediately before July 1, 2013, a security interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are not satisfied on July 1, 2013, the security interest remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied within one year after July 1, 2013.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":262641,"text":"Continuing perfection; perfection requirements satisfied. 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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":[{"id":67737,"section_number":"8.9A-805","catch_line":"Effectiveness of action taken before July 1, 2013","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-805\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284459,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72899,"identifier":"8.9A-803","token":"8.9A\/8\/8.9A-803","url":"\/8.9A-803\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-803\/","token":"8.9A\/8\/8.9A-803","dublin_core":{"Title":"Security interest perfected before July 1, 2013","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-803","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> Continuing perfection; perfection requirements satisfied. A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before July 1, 2013, is a perfected security interest under this title as amended by the 2013 amendments if, on July 1, 2013, the applicable requirements for <span class=\"dictionary\">attachment<\/span> and perfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied without further action. <a id=\"paragraph-262641\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-803\/#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> Continuing perfection; perfection requirements not satisfied. Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Effectiveness of action taken before July 1, 2013\" href=\"\/8.9A-805\/\">8.9A-805<\/a>, if, immediately before July 1, 2013, a security interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are not satisfied on July 1, 2013, the security interest remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied within one year after July 1, 2013. <a id=\"paragraph-262642\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-803\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECURITY INTEREST PERFECTED BEFORE JULY 1, 2013 (\u00a7 8.9A-803)\n\na. Continuing perfection; perfection requirements satisfied. A security interest\nthat is a perfected security interest immediately before July 1, 2013, is a\nperfected security interest under this title as amended by the 2013 amendments\nif, on July 1, 2013, the applicable requirements for attachment and perfection\nunder this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied without\nfurther action.\n\nb. Continuing perfection; perfection requirements not satisfied. Except as\notherwise provided in &#xA7; 8.9A-805, if, immediately before July 1, 2013, a\nsecurity interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable\nrequirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments,\nare not satisfied on July 1, 2013, the security interest remains perfected\nthereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this title,\nas amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied within one year after July 1,\n2013.\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}}