D.C. Code § 28:9-804
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§ 28:9-804. Security interest unperfected before applicability date.
Official statutory text
A security interest that is an unperfected security interest immediately before the applicability date becomes a perfected security interest:
(1) Without further action, on the applicability date, if the applicable requirements for perfection under Article 9 as amended by the 2012 Act are satisfied before or at that time; or
(2) When the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.
(1) Without further action, on the applicability date, if the applicable requirements for perfection under Article 9 as amended by the 2012 Act are satisfied before or at that time; or
(2) When the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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