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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0155\">155<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1511465,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378501,"identifier":"8.9A-804","token":"8.9A\/8\/8.9A-804","url":"\/8.9A-804\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-804\/","token":"8.9A\/8\/8.9A-804","dublin_core":{"Title":"Security interest unperfected before July 1, 2013","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-804","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A security interest that is an unperfected security interest immediately before July 1, 2013, becomes a perfected security interest:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> without further action, on July 1, 2013, if the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied before or at that time; or <a id=\"paragraph-1413274\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-804\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> when the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time. <a id=\"paragraph-1413275\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-804\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECURITY INTEREST UNPERFECTED BEFORE JULY 1, 2013 (\u00a7 8.9A-804)\n\nA security interest that is an unperfected security interest immediately before\nJuly 1, 2013, becomes a perfected security interest:\n\n1. without further action, on July 1, 2013, if the applicable requirements for\nperfection under this title, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied\nbefore or at that time; or\n\n2. when the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the\nrequirements are satisfied after that time.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 155.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}