{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-8-601","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:8-601","heading":"Savings clause.","body":"(a)\nThis article does not affect an action or proceeding commenced before this subtitle takes effect.\n\n(b)\nIf a security interest in a security is perfected at the date this subtitle takes effect, and the action by which the security interest was perfected would suffice to perfect a security interest under this article, no further action is required to continue perfection. If a security interest in a security is perfected at the date this article takes effect but the action by which the security interest was perfected would not suffice to perfect a security interest under this article, the security interest remains perfected for a period of four months after the effective date and continues perfected thereafter if appropriate action to perfect under this article is taken within that period. If a security interest is perfected at the date this article takes effect and the security interest can be perfected by filing under this article, a financing statement signed by the secured party instead of the debtor may be filed within that period to continue perfection or thereafter to perfect.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 8. Investment Securities.","Part VI. Transitional Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:8-601","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e51e3d54ea7e21f787054b28abd4451f60e9d0e43d55bc2d810d8945c3df12b5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-8-511","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}