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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378356</law_id><section_number>8.9A-103</section_number><catch_line>Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of establishing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="30" identifier="8.9A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Secured Transactions</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Short Title, Definitions and General Concepts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Definitions. In this section: <a id="paragraph-1411938" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">purchase-money collateral</span>&#x201D; means goods or software that secures a <span class="dictionary">purchase-money obligation</span> incurred with respect to that collateral; and <a id="paragraph-1411939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">purchase-money obligation</span>&#x201D; means an obligation of an obligor incurred as all or part of the price of the collateral or for value given to enable the debtor to acquire rights in or the use of the collateral if the value is in <span class="dictionary">fact</span> so used. <a id="paragraph-1411940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Purchase-money security interest in goods. A security interest in goods is a purchase-money security interest: <a id="paragraph-1411941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> to the extent that the goods are <span class="dictionary">purchase-money collateral</span> with respect to that security interest; <a id="paragraph-1411942" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> if the security interest is in inventory that is or was <span class="dictionary">purchase-money collateral</span>, also to the extent that the security interest secures a <span class="dictionary">purchase-money obligation</span> incurred with respect to other inventory in which the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> holds or held a purchase-money security interest; and <a id="paragraph-1411943" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> also to the extent that the security interest secures a <span class="dictionary">purchase-money obligation</span> incurred with respect to software in which the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> holds or held a purchase-money security interest. <a id="paragraph-1411944" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#b3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Purchase-money security interest in software. A security interest in software is a purchase-money security interest to the extent that the security interest also secures a <span class="dictionary">purchase-money obligation</span> incurred with respect to goods in which the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> holds or held a purchase-money security interest if: <a id="paragraph-1411945" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the debtor acquired its interest in the software in an integrated transaction in which it acquired an interest in the goods; and <a id="paragraph-1411946" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#c1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the debtor acquired its interest in the software for the principal purpose of using the software in the goods. <a id="paragraph-1411947" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#c2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> Consignor&#x2019;s inventory purchase-money security interest. The security interest of a consignor in goods that are the subject of a consignment is a purchase-money security interest in inventory. <a id="paragraph-1411948" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> Application of payment in nonconsumer-goods transaction. In a transaction other than a consumer-goods transaction, if the extent to which a security interest is a purchase-money security interest depends on the application of a payment to a particular obligation, the payment must be applied: <a id="paragraph-1411949" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> in accordance with any reasonable method of application to which the parties agree; <a id="paragraph-1411950" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#e1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> in the absence of the parties&#x2019; agreement to a reasonable method, in accordance with any intention of the obligor manifested at or before the time of payment; or <a id="paragraph-1411951" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#e2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> in the absence of an agreement to a reasonable method and a timely manifestation of the obligor&#x2019;s intention, in the following <span class="dictionary">order</span>: <a id="paragraph-1411952" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#e3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> to obligations that are not secured; and <a id="paragraph-1411953" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> if more than one obligation is secured, to obligations secured by purchase-money security interests in the <span class="dictionary">order</span> in which those obligations were incurred. <a id="paragraph-1411954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f"><p><span class="prefix-number">f.</span> No loss of status of purchase-money security interest in nonconsumer-goods transaction. In a transaction other than a consumer-goods transaction, a purchase-money security interest does not lose its status as such, even if: <a id="paragraph-1411955" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#f"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the <span class="dictionary">purchase-money collateral</span> also secures an obligation that is not a <span class="dictionary">purchase-money obligation</span>; <a id="paragraph-1411956" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#f1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> collateral that is not <span class="dictionary">purchase-money collateral</span> also secures the <span class="dictionary">purchase-money obligation</span>; or <a id="paragraph-1411957" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#f2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> the <span class="dictionary">purchase-money obligation</span> has been renewed, refinanced, consolidated, or restructured. <a id="paragraph-1411958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#f3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="g"><p><span class="prefix-number">g.</span> <span class="dictionary">Burden of proof</span> in nonconsumer-goods transaction. In a transaction other than a consumer-goods transaction, a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> claiming a purchase-money security interest has the burden of establishing the extent to which the security interest is a purchase-money security interest. <a id="paragraph-1411959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#g"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="h"><p><span class="prefix-number">h.</span> Nonconsumer-goods transactions; no inference. The limitation of the rules in subsections (e), (f), and (g) to transactions other than consumer-goods transactions is intended to leave to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> the determination of the proper rules in consumer-goods transactions. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may not infer from that limitation the nature of the proper rule in consumer-goods transactions and may continue to apply established approaches. <a id="paragraph-1411960" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#h"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="i"><p><span class="prefix-number">i.</span> Goods covered by negotiable document. The <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> of a security interest in a negotiable document is also <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> of a security interest in the goods covered by the negotiable document. <a id="paragraph-1411961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-103/#i"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.9-107; 2000, c. 1007.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
