W. Va. Code § 46-9-703
(b) Continuing priority over lien creditor: perfection requirements not satisfied. Except as otherwise provided in section 9-705, if, immediately before this article takes effect, a security interest is enforceable and would have priority over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time, but the applicable requirements for enforceability or perfection under this article are not satisfied when this article takes effect, the security interest: