{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-704","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:9-704","heading":"Security interest unperfected before July 1, 2001.","body":"A security interest that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2001 but which would be subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time:\n\n(1)\nRemains an enforceable security interest for one year after July 1, 2001;\n\n(2)\nRemains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes enforceable under § 28:9-203 on July 1, 2001 or within one year thereafter; and\n\n(3)\nBecomes perfected:\n(A)\nWithout further action, on July 1, 2001 if the applicable requirements for perfection under this article are satisfied before or at that time; or\n(B)\nWhen the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part VII. Transition."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-704","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"414cd802456ef627078e2dcf4a640ad0d1bbdcd72b2a25cb8725b66e3237e4eb","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-703","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}