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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378393</law_id><section_number>8.9A-314.1</section_number><catch_line>Perfection by possession and control of chattel paper</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.9A-203</reference><reference>8.9A-306.1</reference><reference>8.9A-310</reference></referred_to_by><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="3" identifier="3">Perfection and Priority</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Perfection</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Perfection by <span class="dictionary">possession</span> and control. A secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> may perfect a security interest in chattel paper by taking <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of each authoritative tangible copy of the record evidencing the chattel paper and obtaining control of each authoritative electronic copy of the electronic record evidencing the chattel paper. <a id="paragraph-1412337" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-314.1/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Time of perfection; continuation of perfection. A security interest is perfected under subsection (a) not earlier than the time the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> takes <span class="dictionary">possession</span> and obtains control and remains perfected under subsection (a) only while the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> retains <span class="dictionary">possession</span> and control. <a id="paragraph-1412338" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-314.1/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Application of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing" href="/8.9A-313/">8.9A-313</a> to perfection by <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of chattel paper. &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing" href="/8.9A-313/">8.9A-313</a>(c) and (f) through (i) applies to perfection by <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of an authoritative tangible copy of a record evidencing chattel paper. <a id="paragraph-1412339" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-314.1/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
