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For purposes of determining the rights of a creditor of a consignee, law other than this title determines the rights and title of a consignee while goods are in the consignee&#8217;s possession if, under this part, a perfected security interest held by the consignor would have priority over the rights of the creditor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1412405,"text":"Consignee has consignor&#8217;s rights. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the possession of the consignee, the consignee is deemed to have rights and title to the goods identical to those the consignor had or had power to transfer.","type":"section","prefixes":["a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"a","prefix_anchor":"a","level":1,"next_prefix":"b"},"1":{"id":1412406,"text":"Applicability of other law. 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Swanson v. Applied Process Technology International, LLC (In .\u202f.\u202f. ","case_number":"Bankruptcy No. 10-50980-SCS; Adversary No. 10-05043-SCS","citation":"475 B.R. 495","date":"2012-07-09","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/8522445\/swanson-v-applied-process-technology-international-llc-in-re-delta-t\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. MEMORANDUM OPINION .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP1007\">1007<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1511037,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378399,"identifier":"8.9A-319","token":"8.9A\/3\/3\/8.9A-319","url":"\/8.9A-319\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-319\/","token":"8.9A\/3\/3\/8.9A-319","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-319","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> Consignee has consignor&#8217;s rights. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for purposes of determining the rights of <span class=\"dictionary\">creditors<\/span> of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of the consignee, the consignee is deemed to have rights and title to the goods identical to those the consignor had or had power to transfer. <a id=\"paragraph-1412405\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-319\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">b.<\/span> Applicability of other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. For purposes of determining the rights of a <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span> of a consignee, <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> other than this title determines the rights and title of a consignee while goods are in the consignee&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> if, under this part, a perfected security interest held by the consignor would have priority over the rights of the <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1412406\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-319\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHTS AND TITLE OF CONSIGNEE WITH RESPECT TO CREDITORS AND PURCHASERS (\u00a7\n8.9A-319)\n\na. Consignee has consignor&#8217;s rights. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubsection (b), for purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and\npurchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the\npossession of the consignee, the consignee is deemed to have rights and title to\nthe goods identical to those the consignor had or had power to transfer.\n\nb. Applicability of other law. For purposes of determining the rights of a\ncreditor of a consignee, law other than this title determines the rights and\ntitle of a consignee while goods are in the consignee&#8217;s possession if,\nunder this part, a perfected security interest held by the consignor would have\npriority over the rights of the creditor.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 1007.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}