West Virginia Code § 46-9-615

Application of proceeds of disposition; liability for deficiency and right to
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surplus.
(a) Application of proceeds. A secured party shall apply or pay over for application the cash
proceeds of disposition under section 9-610 in the following order to:
(1) The reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for disposition, processing and
disposing, and, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by law,
reasonable attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party;
(2) The satisfaction of obligations secured by the security interesut or agricultural lien under
which the disposition is made;
(3) The satisfaction of obligations secured by any subordinate security interest in or other
subordinate lien on the collateral if: a
(A) The secured party receives from the holder of tlhe subordinate security interest or other
lien an authenticated demand for proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is completed;
and
(B) In a case in which a consignor has an interest in the collateral, the subordinate security
interest or other lien is senior to the interest of the consignor; and
(4) A secured party that is a consignor of the collateral if the secured party receives from the
consignor an authenticated demand for proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is
completed.
(b) Proof of subordin ate interest. If requested by a secured party, a holder of a subordinate
security interest or other lien shall furnish reasonable proof of the interest or lien within a
reasonable time. Unless the holder does so, the secured party need not comply with the
holder's demand under subsection (a)(3).
(c) Application of noncash proceeds. A secured party need not apply or pay over for
application noncash proceeds of disposition under section 9-610 unless the failure to do so
would be commercially unreasonable. A secured party that applies or pays over for
application noncash proceeds shall do so in a commercially reasonable manner.
(d) Surplus or deficiency if obligation secured. If the security interest under which a
disposition is made secures payment or performance of an obligation, after making the
payments and applications required by subsection (a) of this section and permitted by
subsection (c) of this section:
(1) Unless subsection (a)(4) of this section requires the secured party to apply or pay over
cash proceeds to a consignor, the secured party shall account to and pay a debtor for any
surplus; and
(2) The obligor is liable for any deficiency.
(e) No surplus or deficiency in sales of certain rights to payment. If the underlying
transaction is a sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes:
(1) The debtor is not entitled to any surplus; and
(2) The obligor is not liable for any deficiency.
(f) Calculation of surplus or deficiency in disposition to person related to secured party. The
surplus or deficiency following a disposition is calculated based on the amount of proceeds
that would have been realized in a disposition complying with this part to a transferee other
than the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor if:
(1) The transferee in the disposition is the secured paraty, a person related to the secured
party, or a secondary obligor; and
(2) The amount of proceeds of the disposition is significantly below the range of proceeds
that a complying disposition to a person other than the secured party, a person related to
the secured party, or a secondary obligor would have brought.
(g) Cash proceeds received by junior secured party. A secured party that receives cash
proceeds of a disposition in good faith and without knowledge that the receipt violates the
rights of the holder of a security interest or other lien that is not subordinate to the security
interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made:
(1) Takes the cash proceeds free of the security interest or other lien;
(2) Is not obligated to apply the proceeds of the disposition to the satisfaction of obligations
secured by the security interest or other lien; and
(3) WIs not obligated to account to or pay the holder of the security interest or other lien for
any surplus.

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