§ 8.9A-309 – Security interest perfected upon attachment
The following security interests are perfected when they attach:
1. a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in § 8.9A-311 (b) with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in § 8.9A-311 (a);
2. an assignment of accounts or payment intangibles which does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor’s outstanding accounts or payment intangibles;
3. a sale of a payment intangible;
4. a sale of a promissory note;
5. a security interest created by the assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable to the provider of the health-care goods or services;
6. a security interest arising under §§ 8.2-401, 8.2-505, 8.2-711 (3), or § 8.2A-508 (5), until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral;
7. a security interest of a collecting bank arising under § 8.4-210;
8. a security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under § 8.5A-118;
9. a security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under § 8.9A-206 (c);
10. a security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary;
11. a security interest in a commodity contract or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary;
12. an assignment for the benefit of all creditors of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder; and
13. a security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent’s estate.