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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86245</law_id><section_number>8.9A-509</section_number><catch_line>Persons entitled to file a record</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>12.1-21.1</reference><reference>8.9A-512</reference><reference>8.9A-518</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="5">Filing</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Filing Office, Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Person entitled to file record. A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: <a id="paragraph-308917" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the debtor authorizes the filing in a signed record or pursuant to subsection (b) or (c); or <a id="paragraph-308918" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the person holds an agricultural <span class="dictionary">lien</span> that has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement covers only <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> in which the person holds an agricultural <span class="dictionary">lien</span>. <a id="paragraph-308919" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Security agreement as authorization. By signing or becoming bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering: <a id="paragraph-308920" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> described in the security agreement; and <a id="paragraph-308921" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> property that becomes <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds" href="/8.9A-315/">8.9A-315</a> (a) (2), whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds. <a id="paragraph-308922" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Acquisition of <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> as authorization. By acquiring <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> in which a security interest or agricultural <span class="dictionary">lien</span> continues under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds" href="/8.9A-315/">8.9A-315</a> (a) (1), a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> and property that becomes <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds" href="/8.9A-315/">8.9A-315</a> (a) (2). <a id="paragraph-308923" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> Person entitled to file certain amendments. A person may file an amendment other than an amendment that adds <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> covered by a financing statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: <a id="paragraph-308924" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> of record authorizes the filing; or <a id="paragraph-308925" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#d1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to which the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> of record has failed to file or send a termination statement as required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Termination statement" href="/8.9A-513/">8.9A-513</a> (a) or (c), the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed. <a id="paragraph-308926" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#d2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> Multiple secured parties of record. If there is more than one secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> of record for a financing statement, each secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under subsection (d). <a id="paragraph-308927" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-509/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 1007; 2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
