{"data":{"id":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-9609","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"13 Pa.C.S. § 9609","heading":"Secured party's right to take possession after default.","body":"(a) Possession; rendering equipment unusable; disposition on debtor's premises.--After default, a secured party:\n(1) may take possession of the collateral; and\n(2) without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor's premises under section 9610 (relating to disposition of collateral after default).\n(b) Judicial and nonjudicial process.--A secured party may proceed under subsection (a):\n(1) pursuant to judicial process; or\n(2) without judicial process if it proceeds without breach of the peace.\n(c) Assembly of collateral.--If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties.","path":["Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 96 DEFAULT","SUBCHAPTER A DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=13\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=96\u0026sctn=9\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2025-12-01 (Statute Update stamp, 13 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:03Z","sha256":"291819142db8de6a5497f3ab94d4301c8dd4b0a2ca415a49ef4c29d3ac672b74","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-9608","next":"us-pa/13-pa.c.s.-9610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}