West Virginia Code § 46-9-338

Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed
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financing statement providing certain incorrect information.
If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing
information described in section 9-516(b)(5) which is incorrect at the time the financing
statement is filed:
(1) The security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security
interest in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest
gives value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information; and
(2) A purchaser, other than a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security
interest or agricultural lien to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect
information, the purchaser gives value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible
documents, goods, instruments, or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral.

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