West Virginia Code § 46-9-505

Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments,
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leases, other bailments and other transactions.
(a) Use of terms other than "debtor" and "secured party." A consignor, lessor, or other bailor
of goods, a licensor or a buyer of a payment intangible or promissory note may file a
financing statement, or may comply with a statute or treaty described in section 9-311(a),
using the terms "consignor," "consignee," "lessor," "lessee," "bailor," "baileee," "licensor,"
"licensee," "owner," "registered owner," "buyer," "seller" or words of similar import, instead
of the terms "secured party" and "debtor." r
(b) Effect of financing statement under subsection (a). This part uapplies to the filing of a
financing statement under subsection (a) of this section and, as appropriate, to compliance
that is equivalent to filing a financing statement under sectiotn 9-311(b), but the filing or
compliance is not of itself a factor in determining whether the collateral secures an
obligation. If it is determined for another reason that the collateral secures an obligation, a
security interest held by the consignor, lessor, bailor, licensor, owner or buyer which
attaches to the collateral is perfected by the filing or compliance.

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