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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82499</law_id><section_number>8.9A-619</section_number><catch_line>Transfer of record or legal title</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="6">Default</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Default and Enforcement of Security Interest</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Transfer statement</span>.&#x201D; In this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">transfer statement</span>&#x201D; means a record signed by a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> stating: <a id="paragraph-295566" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> that the debtor has defaulted in connection with an obligation secured by specified <span class="dictionary">collateral</span>; <a id="paragraph-295567" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> that the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> has exercised its postdefault remedies with respect to the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span>; <a id="paragraph-295568" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> that, by reason of the exercise, a transferee has acquired the rights of the debtor in the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span>; and <a id="paragraph-295569" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#a3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> the name and mailing address of the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span>, debtor, and transferee. <a id="paragraph-295570" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#a4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Effect of <span class="dictionary">transfer statement</span>. A <span class="dictionary">transfer statement</span> entitles the transferee to the transfer of record of all rights of the debtor in the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> specified in the statement in any official filing, recording, registration, or certificate-of-title system covering the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span>. If a <span class="dictionary">transfer statement</span> is presented with the applicable fee and request form to the official or office responsible for maintaining the system, the official or office shall: <a id="paragraph-295571" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> accept the <span class="dictionary">transfer statement</span>; <a id="paragraph-295572" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> promptly <span class="dictionary">amend</span> its records to reflect the transfer; and <a id="paragraph-295573" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> if applicable, <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a new appropriate certificate of title in the name of the transferee. <a id="paragraph-295574" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#b3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Transfer not a <span class="dictionary">disposition</span>; no relief of secured <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s duties. A transfer of the record or legal title to <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> to a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> under subsection (b) or otherwise is not of itself a <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> under this title and does not of itself relieve the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> of its duties under this title. <a id="paragraph-295575" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-619/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 1007; 2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
