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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61137</law_id><section_number>8.9A-807</section_number><catch_line>Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement</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="8">Transition Provisions for 2013 Amendments</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Pre-effective-date financing statement</span>.&#x201D; In this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">pre-effective-date financing statement</span>&#x201D; means a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013. <a id="paragraph-223494" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-807/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span>. On and after July 1, 2013, a person may add or delete <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise <span class="dictionary">amend</span> the information provided in a <span class="dictionary">pre-effective-date financing statement</span> only in accordance with the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> governing perfection as provided in this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments. However, the effectiveness of a <span class="dictionary">pre-effective-date financing statement</span> also may be terminated in accordance with the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the financing statement is filed. <a id="paragraph-223495" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-807/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Method of amending; general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a <span class="dictionary">pre-effective-date financing statement</span> may be amended on and after July 1, 2013, only if: <a id="paragraph-223496" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-807/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the <span class="dictionary">pre-effective-date financing statement</span> and an amendment are filed in the office specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Filing office" href="/8.9A-501/">8.9A-501</a>; <a id="paragraph-223497" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-807/#c1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> an amendment is filed in the office specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Filing office" href="/8.9A-501/">8.9A-501</a> concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement" href="/8.9A-806/">8.9A-806</a>(c); or <a id="paragraph-223498" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-807/#c2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement" href="/8.9A-806/">8.9A-806</a>(c) is filed in the office specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Filing office" href="/8.9A-501/">8.9A-501</a>. <a id="paragraph-223499" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-807/#c3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> Method of amending; continuation. If the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013, may be continued only under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Effectiveness of action taken before July 1, 2013" href="/8.9A-805/">8.9A-805</a>(c) or (e) and &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement" href="/8.9A-806/">8.9A-806</a>. <a id="paragraph-223500" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-807/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> Method of amending; additional termination rule. Whether or not the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2013, in the Commonwealth may be terminated on or after July 1, 2013, by filing a termination statement in the office in which the <span class="dictionary">pre-effective-date financing statement</span> is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement" href="/8.9A-806/">8.9A-806</a>(c) has been filed in the office specified by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> governing perfection as provided in this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, as the office in which to file a financing statement. <a id="paragraph-223501" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-807/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2012, c. 155.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
