{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-108","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:9-108","heading":"Sufficiency of description.","body":"(a)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e), a description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.\n\n(b)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a description of collateral reasonably identifies the collateral if it identifies the collateral by:\n(1)\nSpecific listing;\n(2)\nCategory;\n(3)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a type of collateral defined in Subtitle I of Title 28;\n(4)\nQuantity;\n(5)\nComputational or allocational formula or procedure; or\n(6)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (c), any other method, if the identity of the collateral is objectively determinable.\n\n(c)\nA description of collateral as “all the debtor’s assets” or “all the debtor’s personal property” or using words of similar import does not reasonably identify the collateral.\n\n(d)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a description of a security entitlement, securities account, or commodity account is sufficient if it describes:\n(1)\nThe collateral by those terms or as investment property; or\n(2)\nThe underlying financial asset or commodity contract.\n\n(e)\nA description only by type of collateral defined in Subtitle I of Title 28 is an insufficient description of:\n(1)\nA commercial tort claim; or\n(2)\nIn a consumer transaction, consumer goods, a security entitlement, a securities account, or a commodity account.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part I. General Provisions.","Subpart 1. Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-108","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"5a31ec91064e82de1e7acfbf0e274ec781b8d0597672e1fb5562db4021a71c57","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-107b","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}