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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":284479,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85470,"identifier":"8.9A-808","token":"8.9A\/8\/8.9A-808","url":"\/8.9A-808\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-808\/","token":"8.9A\/8\/8.9A-808","dublin_core":{"Title":"Person entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-808","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this part if:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> the secured <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> of record authorizes the filing; and <a id=\"paragraph-306182\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-808\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> the filing is necessary under this part: <a id=\"paragraph-306183\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-808\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2A\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> to continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013; or <a id=\"paragraph-306184\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-808\/#2A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2B\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> to perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest. <a id=\"paragraph-306185\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-808\/#2B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSON ENTITLED TO FILE INITIAL FINANCING STATEMENT OR CONTINUATION STATEMENT\n(\u00a7 8.9A-808)\n\nA person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement\nunder this part if:\n\n1. the secured party of record authorizes the filing; and\n\n2. the filing is necessary under this part:\n\n   A. to continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1,\n   2013; or\n\n   B. to perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.\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}}