(a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a secured party may accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if:
(1. the debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection (c);
(2. the secured party does not receive, within the time set forth in subsection (d), a notification of objection to the proposal authenticated by:
(A. a person to which the secured party was required to send a proposal under § 8.9A-621; or
(B. any other person, other than the debtor, holding an interest in the collateral subordinate to the security interest that is the subject of the proposal;
(3. subsection (e) does not require the secured party to dispose of the collateral or the debtor waives the requirement pursuant to § 8.9A-624.
(b. A purported or apparent acceptance of collateral under this section is ineffective unless:
(1. the secured party consents to the acceptance in an authenticated record or sends a proposal to the debtor; and
(1. a debtor consents to an acceptance of collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record authenticated after default; and
(2. a debtor consents to an acceptance of collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record authenticated after default or the secured party:
(A. sends to the debtor after default a proposal that is unconditional or subject only to a condition that collateral not in the possession of the secured party be preserved or maintained;
(B. in the proposal, proposes to accept collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures; and
(C. does not receive a notification of objection authenticated by the debtor within twenty days after the proposal is sent.
(d. To be effective under subsection (a) (2), a notification of objection must be received by the secured party:
(1. in the case of a person to which the proposal was sent pursuant to § 8.9A-621, within twenty days after notification was sent to that person; and
(A. within twenty days after the last notification was sent pursuant to § 8.9A-621; or
(B. if a notification was not sent, before the debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection (c).
(e. A secured party that has taken possession of collateral shall dispose of the collateral pursuant to § 8.9A-610 within the time specified in subsection (f) if:
(1. sixty percent of the cash price has been paid in the case of a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods; or
(2. 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.
(f. To comply with subsection (e), the secured party shall dispose of the collateral:
(2. within any longer period to which the debtor and all secondary obligors have agreed in an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated after default.
(g. In a consumer transaction, a secured party may not accept collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures.
History
Code 1950, § 55-93; 1964, cc. 219, 410, § 8.9-505; 1973, c. 509; 2000, c. 1007.
