Code of Virginia - Title 8.9A Commercial Code - Secured Transactions - Section 8.9A-609 Secured party's right to take possession after default

§ 8.9A-609. Secured party's right to take possession after default

(a) Possession; rendering equipment unusable; disposition on debtor's premises. After default, a secured party:

(1) may take possession of the collateral; and

(2) without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor's premises under § 8.9A-610.

(b) Judicial and nonjudicial process. A secured party may proceed under subsection (a):

(1) pursuant to judicial process; or

(2) without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.

(c) Assembly of collateral. If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties.

(1964, c. 219, § 8.9-503; 2000, c. 1007.)

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