{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-402","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:2-402","heading":"Rights of seller’s creditors against sold goods.","body":"(1)\nExcept as provided in subsections (2) and (3), rights of unsecured creditors of the seller with respect to goods which have been identified to a contract for sale are subject to the buyer’s rights to recover the goods under this article (sections 28:2-502 and 28:2-716).\n\n(2)\nA creditor of the seller may treat a sale or an identification of goods to a contract for sale as void if as against him a retention of possession by the seller is fraudulent under any rule of law of the state where the goods are situated, except that retention of possession in good faith and current course of trade by a merchant-seller for a commercially reasonable time after a sale or identification is not fraudulent.\n\n(3)\nNothing in this article shall be deemed to impair the rights of creditors of the seller\n(a)\nunder the provisions of the article on secured transactions (Article 9); or\n(b)\nwhere identification to the contract or delivery is made not in current course of trade but in satisfaction of or as security for a pre-existing claim for money, security or the like and is made under circumstances which under any rule of law of the state where the goods are situated would apart from this article constitute the transaction a fraudulent transfer or voidable preference.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 2. Sales.","Part IV. Title, Creditors and Good Faith Purchasers."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:2-402","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"885e142d2c29e990f0e8328075902e6794281e1131bc8cfa032a9979a3d9a86c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-401","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}