West Virginia Code § 46-9-330

Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument
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(a) Purchaser's priority: security interest claimed merely as proceeds. A purchaser of chattel
paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claimed merely as
proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if:
(1) In good faith and in the ordinary course of the purchaser's business, the purchaser gives
new value and takes possession of the chattel paper or obtains control of the chattel paper
under section 9-105; and
(2) The chattel paper does not indicate that it has been assignedu to an identified assignee
other than the purchaser.
(b) Purchaser's priority: other security interests. A purchaser of chattel paper has priority
over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claaimed other than merely as proceeds
of inventory subject to a security interest if the purchaser gives new value and takes
possession of the chattel paper or obtains control olf the chattel paper under section 9-105 in
good faith, in the ordinary course of the purchsaser's business, and without knowledge that
the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.
(c) Chattel paper purchaser's priority in proceeds. Except as otherwise provided in section
9-327, a purchaser having priority in chattel paper under subsection (a) or (b) of this section
also has priority in proceeds of the chattel paper to the extent that:
(1) Section 9-322 provides for priority in the proceeds; or
(2) The proceeds consist of the specific goods covered by the chattel paper or cash proceeds
of the specific goods , even if the purchaser's security interest in the proceeds is unperfected.
(d) Instrument purchaser's priority. Except as otherwise provided in section 9-331(a), a
purchaser of an instrument has priority over a security interest in the instrument perfected
by a method other than possession if the purchaser gives value and takes possession of the
instrument in good faith and without knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the
secured party.
(e) Holder of purchase-money security interest gives new value. For purposes of subsections
(a) and (b) of this section, the holder of a purchase-money security interest in inventory gives
new value for chattel paper constituting proceeds of the inventory.
(f) Indication of assignment gives knowledge. For purposes of subsections (b) and (d) of this
section, if chattel paper or an instrument indicates that it has been assigned to an identified
secured party other than the purchaser, a purchaser of the chattel paper or instrument has
knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.
PART 3. PERFECTION AND PRIORITY.

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