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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87445</law_id><section_number>8.9A-622</section_number><catch_line>Effect of acceptance of collateral</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.9A-602</reference><reference>8.9A-623</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> Effect of acceptance. A secured <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s acceptance of <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures: <a id="paragraph-313041" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-622/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> discharges the obligation to the extent consented to by the debtor; <a id="paragraph-313042" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-622/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> transfers to the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> all of a debtor&#x2019;s rights in the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span>; <a id="paragraph-313043" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-622/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> discharges the security interest or agricultural <span class="dictionary">lien</span> that is the subject of the debtor&#x2019;s consent and any subordinate security interest or other subordinate <span class="dictionary">lien</span>; and <a id="paragraph-313044" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-622/#a3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> terminates any other subordinate interest. <a id="paragraph-313045" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-622/#a4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Discharge of subordinate interest notwithstanding noncompliance. A subordinate interest is discharged or terminated under subsection (a), even if the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> fails to comply with this title. <a id="paragraph-313046" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-622/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 1007.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
