{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-804","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:9-804","heading":"Security interest unperfected before applicability date.","body":"A security interest that is an unperfected security interest immediately before the applicability date becomes a perfected security interest:\n\n(1)\nWithout further action, on the applicability date, if the applicable requirements for perfection under Article 9 as amended by the 2012 Act are satisfied before or at that time; or\n\n(2)\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 VIII. Transition Provisions for 2012 Amendments."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-804","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"74090b442c984dbad16783f9c3021bbc50a09de6ee023676f5f7396c0d608ac1","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-803","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-805"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}