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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378453</law_id><section_number>8.9A-521.1</section_number><catch_line>Format of statements and records</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="5" identifier="5">Filing</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Duties and Operation of Filing Office</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement, an amendment to a financing statement, or other written record in a form and format promulgated by the State Corporation Commission except for a reason set forth in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing" href="/8.9A-516/">8.9A-516</a>(b).</p></section></text><history>2012, c. 155.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
