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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83620</law_id><section_number>8.9A-620</section_number><catch_line>Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation; compulsory disposition of collateral</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.9A-102</reference><reference>8.9A-602</reference><reference>8.9A-624</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="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> Conditions to acceptance in satisfaction. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> may accept <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if: <a id="paragraph-299651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection (c); <a id="paragraph-299652" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> does not receive, within the time set forth in subsection (d), a notification of objection to the proposal signed by: <a id="paragraph-299653" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> a person to which the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> was required to send a proposal under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Notification of proposal to accept collateral" href="/8.9A-621/">8.9A-621</a>; or <a id="paragraph-299654" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> any other person, other than the debtor, holding an interest in the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> subordinate to the security interest that is the subject of the proposal; <a id="paragraph-299655" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> subsection (e) does not require the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> to dispose of the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> or the debtor <span class="dictionary">waives</span> the requirement pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Waiver" href="/8.9A-624/">8.9A-624</a>. <a id="paragraph-299656" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Purported acceptance ineffective. A purported or apparent acceptance of <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> under this section is ineffective unless: <a id="paragraph-299657" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> consents to the acceptance in a signed record or sends a proposal to the debtor; and <a id="paragraph-299658" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the conditions of subsection (a) are met. <a id="paragraph-299659" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Debtor&#x2019;s consent. For purposes of this section: <a id="paragraph-299660" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> a debtor consents to an acceptance of <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record signed after <span class="dictionary">default</span>; and <a id="paragraph-299661" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#c1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> a debtor consents to an acceptance of <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record signed after <span class="dictionary">default</span> or the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span>: <a id="paragraph-299662" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#c2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> sends to the debtor after <span class="dictionary">default</span> a proposal that is unconditional or subject only to a condition that <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> not in the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> be preserved or maintained; <a id="paragraph-299663" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> in the proposal, proposes to accept <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures; and <a id="paragraph-299664" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> does not receive a notification of objection signed by the debtor within twenty days after the proposal is sent. <a id="paragraph-299665" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> Effectiveness of notification. To be effective under subsection (a) (2), a notification of objection must be received by the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span>: <a id="paragraph-299666" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> in the case of a person to which the proposal was sent pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Notification of proposal to accept collateral" href="/8.9A-621/">8.9A-621</a>, within twenty days after notification was sent to that person; and <a id="paragraph-299667" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#d1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> in other cases: <a id="paragraph-299668" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#d2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> within twenty days after the last notification was sent pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Notification of proposal to accept collateral" href="/8.9A-621/">8.9A-621</a>; or <a id="paragraph-299669" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> if a notification was not sent, before the debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection (c). <a id="paragraph-299670" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> Mandatory <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of consumer goods.
			A secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> that has taken <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> shall dispose of the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disposition of collateral after default" href="/8.9A-610/">8.9A-610</a> within the time specified in subsection (f) if: <a id="paragraph-299671" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> sixty percent of the cash price has been paid in the case of a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods; or <a id="paragraph-299672" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#e1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> sixty percent of the principal amount of the obligation secured has been paid in the case of a nonpurchase-money security interest in consumer goods. <a id="paragraph-299673" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#e2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f"><p><span class="prefix-number">f.</span> Compliance with mandatory <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> requirement. To comply with subsection (e), the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> shall dispose of the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span>: <a id="paragraph-299674" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#f"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> within ninety days after taking <span class="dictionary">possession</span>; or <a id="paragraph-299675" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#f1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> within any longer period to which the debtor and all secondary obligors have agreed in an agreement to that effect entered into and signed after <span class="dictionary">default</span>. <a id="paragraph-299676" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#f2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="g"><p><span class="prefix-number">g.</span> No partial satisfaction in consumer transaction. In a consumer transaction, a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> may not accept <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures. <a id="paragraph-299677" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-620/#g"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 55-93; 1964, cc. 219, 410, &#xA7; 8.9-505; 1973, c. 509; 2000, c. 1007; 2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
