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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74669</law_id><section_number>8.9A-402</section_number><catch_line>Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="4">Rights of Third Parties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The existence of a security interest, agricultural <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, or authority given to a debtor to dispose of or use <span class="dictionary">collateral</span>, without more, does not subject a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> to liability in <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or <span class="dictionary">tort</span> for the debtor&#x2019;s acts or omissions.</p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.9-317; 2000, c. 1007.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
