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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79779</law_id><section_number>8.9A-333</section_number><catch_line>Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.9A-109</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.9A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Secured Transactions</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Perfection and Priority</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Priority</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Possessory lien</span>.&#x201D; In this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">possessory lien</span>&#x201D; means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien: <a id="paragraph-285844" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-333/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or <span class="dictionary">materials</span> furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course of the person&#x2019;s business; <a id="paragraph-285845" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-333/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> which is created by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or rule of <span class="dictionary">law</span> in favor of the person; and <a id="paragraph-285846" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-333/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> whose effectiveness depends on the person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the goods. <a id="paragraph-285847" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-333/#a3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Priority of <span class="dictionary">possessory lien</span>. A <span class="dictionary">possessory lien</span> on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a <span class="dictionary">statute</span> that expressly provides otherwise. <a id="paragraph-285848" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-333/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.9-310; 2000, c. 1007.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
