{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-325","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:9-325","heading":"Priority of security interests in transferred collateral.","body":"(a)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral created by another person if:\n(1)\nThe debtor acquired the collateral subject to the security interest created by the other person;\n(2)\nThe security interest created by the other person was perfected when the debtor acquired the collateral; and\n(3)\nThere is no period thereafter when the security interest is unperfected.\n\n(b)\nSubsection (a) subordinates a security interest only if the security interest:\n(1)\nOtherwise would have priority solely under § 28:9-322(a) or 28:9-324; or\n(2)\nArose solely under § 28:2-711(3) or 2A-508(5).","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part III. Perfection and Priority.","Subpart 3. Priority."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-325","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"affc89979a1e205484adf3b32d89f7db8c1d7977cadc0c322154762034b6af47","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-324","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-326"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}