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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64795</law_id><section_number>8.9A-518</section_number><catch_line>Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed 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-516</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> Statement with respect to record indexed under person&#x2019;s name. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person&#x2019;s name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed. <a id="paragraph-235779" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Contents of statement under subsection (a). An information statement under subsection (a) must: <a id="paragraph-235780" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; <a id="paragraph-235781" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> indicate that it is an information statement; and <a id="paragraph-235782" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> provide the basis for the person&#x2019;s belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide the basis for the person&#x2019;s belief that the record was wrongfully filed. <a id="paragraph-235783" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#b3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Statement by secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> of record. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record filed there if the person is a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> of record with respect to the financing statement to which the record relates and believes that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Persons entitled to file a record" href="/8.9A-509/">8.9A-509</a>(d). <a id="paragraph-235784" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> Contents of statement under subsection (c). An information statement under subsection (c) must: <a id="paragraph-235785" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; <a id="paragraph-235786" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#d1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> indicate that it is an information statement; and <a id="paragraph-235787" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#d2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> provide the basis for the person&#x2019;s belief that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Persons entitled to file a record" href="/8.9A-509/">8.9A-509</a>(d). <a id="paragraph-235788" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#d3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> Record not affected by information statement. The filing of an information statement does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other filed record. <a id="paragraph-235789" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-518/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 1007; 2012, c. 155.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
