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The term does not include accounts established for deposit of funds of a partnership, joint venture, or other association for business purposes, or accounts controlled by one or more persons as the duly authorized agent or trustee for a corporation, unincorporated association, or charitable or civic organization.\n\t\t“Net contribution” of a party to a joint account as of any given time is the sum of all deposits thereto made by or for him, less all withdrawals made by or for him which have not been paid to or applied to the use of any other party, plus a pro rata share of any interest or any dividends included in the current balance. The term includes, in addition, any proceeds of deposit life insurance added to the account by reason of the death of the party whose net contribution is in question.\n\t\t“Party” means a person who, by the terms of the account, has a present right, subject to request, to payment from a multiple-party account, including a fiduciary account. The term includes a P.O.D. payee or beneficiary of a trust account only after the account becomes payable to him by reason of his surviving the original payee or trustee. The term includes a guardian, conservator, personal representative, or assignee, including an attaching creditor, of a party. The term also includes a person identified as a trustee of an account for another whether or not a beneficiary is named, but it does not include any named beneficiary unless he has a present right of withdrawal.\n\t\t“Payment,” with respect to sums on deposit, includes withdrawal, payment on check or other directive of a party, and any pledge of sums on deposit by a party and any setoff, or reduction or other disposition of all or part of an account pursuant to a pledge.\n\t\t“P.O.D. account” means an account payable on request to one person during his lifetime and on his death to one or more P.O.D. payees, or to one or more persons during their lifetimes and on the death of all of them to one or more P.O.D. payees.\n\t\t“P.O.D. payee” means a person designated on a P.O.D. account as one to whom the account is payable on request after the death of one or more persons.\n\t\t“Proof of death” includes a death certificate; a certificate of qualification upon a decedent’s estate; or an authenticated copy of any record or report of a governmental agency, domestic or foreign, that a person is dead.\n\t\t“Request” means a proper request for withdrawal, or a check or order for payment, that complies with all conditions of the account, including special requirements concerning necessary signatures and regulations of the financial institution. If the financial institution conditions withdrawal or payment on advance notice, for purposes of this article the request for withdrawal or payment is treated as immediately effective and a notice of intent to withdraw is treated as a request for withdrawal.\n\t\t“Sums on deposit” means the balance payable on a multiple-party account, including a fiduciary account, including interest, dividends, and in addition any deposit life insurance proceeds added to the account by reason of the death of a party.\n\t\t“Trust account” means an account in the name of one or more parties as trustee for one or more beneficiaries where the relationship is established by the form of the account and the deposit agreement with the financial institution and there is no subject of the trust other than the sums on deposit in the account, without regard to whether payment to the beneficiary is mentioned in the deposit agreement. The term does not include a fiduciary account.\n\t\t“Withdrawal” includes payment to a third person pursuant to check or other directive of a party.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":299215,"text":"As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Account” means a contract of deposit of funds between a depositor and a financial institution, and includes a checking account, savings account, certificate of deposit, share account, and other similar arrangements.\n\t\t“Beneficiary” means a person named in a trust account as one for whom a party to the account is named as trustee.\n\t\t“Fiduciary” shall include any one or more of the following: (i) a fiduciary as defined in \u00a7 8.01-2, (ii) an agent under a power of attorney, or (iii) an attorney acting under an attorney-client relationship.\n\t\t“Fiduciary account” means (i) an estate account for a decedent, (ii) an account established by one or more agents under a power of attorney or an existing account of a principal to which one or more agents under a power of attorney are added, (iii) an account established by one or more conservators, (iv) an account established by one or more committees, (v) a regular trust account under a testamentary trust or a trust agreement that has significance apart from the account, or (vi) an account arising from a fiduciary relationship such as an attorney-client relationship. “Fiduciary account” does not include a trust account.\n\t\t“Financial institution” means any entity authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to financial institutions that is authorized to establish accounts, including, without limitation, banks, trust companies, savings institutions, and credit unions.\n\t\t“Joint account” means an account payable on request to one or more of two or more parties whether or not mention is made of any right of survivorship.\n\t\t“Multiple-fiduciary account” means a fiduciary account where more than one fiduciary is authorized to act.\n\t\t“Multiple-party account” means any of the following types of account: (i) a joint account, (ii) a P.O.D. account, or (iii) a trust account. 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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 407 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 259<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63172,"section_number":"15.2-958","catch_line":"Local funding for repair or production of low and moderate income rental property or repair of residential property; other housing experiments","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-958\/"},{"id":55795,"section_number":"19.2-10.1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Subpoena duces tecum for obtaining records concerning banking and credit cards","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-10.1\/"},{"id":71614,"section_number":"19.2-56","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) To whom search warrant directed; what it shall command; warrant to show date and time of issuance; copy of affidavit to be part of warrant and served therewith; warrants not executed within 15 days","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-56\/"},{"id":82357,"section_number":"55.1-135","catch_line":"Joint ownership in real and personal property","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-135\/"},{"id":56890,"section_number":"6.2-2040","catch_line":"Licensees providing debt settlement services; prohibited and required business methods","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-2040\/"},{"id":59315,"section_number":"6.2-602","catch_line":"Adverse claims to accounts","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-602\/"},{"id":60057,"section_number":"64.2-305","catch_line":"Augmented estate; exclusions; valuation","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-305\/"},{"id":79354,"section_number":"8.01-420.9","catch_line":"Subpoena duces tecum; financial records of nonparty","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-420.9\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80120,"section_number":"8.01-2","catch_line":"General definitions for this title","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":264927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83499,"identifier":"6.2-604","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-604","url":"\/6.2-604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-604\/","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Account” means a contract<\/span> of deposit of funds between a depositor and a financial institution<\/span>, and includes a checking account, savings account, certificate of deposit, share account, and other similar arrangements.\n\t\t“Beneficiary<\/span>” means a person<\/span> named in a trust account<\/span> as one for whom a party<\/span> to the account is named as trustee.\n\t\t“Fiduciary” shall include any one or more of the following: (i) a fiduciary as defined in \u00a7 8.01-2<\/a>, (ii) an agent under a power of attorney<\/span>, or (iii) an attorney acting under an attorney-client relationship.\n\t\t“Fiduciary account<\/span>” means (i) an estate account for a decedent, (ii) an account established by one or more agents under a power of attorney<\/span> or an existing account of a principal to which one or more agents under a power of attorney<\/span> are added, (iii) an account established by one or more conservators, (iv) an account established by one or more committees, (v) a regular trust account<\/span> under a testamentary trust or a trust agreement that has significance apart from the account, or (vi) an account arising from a fiduciary relationship such as an attorney-client relationship. “Fiduciary account<\/span>” does not include a trust account<\/span>.\n\t\t“Financial institution<\/span>” means any entity<\/span> authorized to do business under state or federal laws<\/span> relating to financial institutions<\/span> that is authorized to establish accounts<\/span>, including, without limitation, banks, trust companies, savings institutions, and credit unions.\n\t\t“Joint account<\/span>” means an account payable on request<\/span> to one or more of two or more parties whether or not mention is made of any right of survivorship.\n\t\t“Multiple-fiduciary account<\/span><\/span>” means a fiduciary account<\/span> where more than one fiduciary is authorized to act.\n\t\t“Multiple-party<\/span> account<\/span>” means any of the following types of account: (i) a joint account<\/span>, (ii) a P.O.D. account, or (iii) a trust account<\/span>. The term does not include accounts<\/span> established for deposit of funds of a partnership, joint venture, or other association for business purposes, or accounts<\/span> controlled by one or more persons<\/span> as the duly authorized agent or trustee for a corporation, unincorporated association, or charitable or civic organization.\n\t\t“Net contribution” of a party<\/span> to a joint account<\/span> as of any given time is the sum of all deposits thereto made by or for him, less all withdrawals<\/span> made by or for him which have not been paid to or applied to the use of any other party<\/span>, plus a pro rata share of any interest or any dividends included in the current balance. The term includes, in addition, any proceeds of deposit life insurance added to the account by reason of the death of the party<\/span> whose net contribution is in question.\n\t\t“Party<\/span>” means a person<\/span> who, by the terms of the account, has a present right, subject to request<\/span>, to payment from a multiple-party<\/span> account<\/span>, including a fiduciary account<\/span>. The term includes a P.O.D. payee or beneficiary<\/span> of a trust account<\/span> only after the account becomes payable to him by reason of his surviving the original payee or trustee. The term includes a guardian, conservator, personal representative, or assignee, including an attaching creditor<\/span>, of a party<\/span>. The term also includes a person<\/span> identified as a trustee of an account for another whether or not a beneficiary<\/span> is named, but it does not include any named beneficiary<\/span> unless he has a present right of withdrawal<\/span>.\n\t\t“Payment,” with respect to sums on deposit<\/span>, includes withdrawal<\/span>, payment on check or other directive of a party<\/span>, and any pledge of sums on deposit<\/span> by a party<\/span> and any setoff, or reduction or other disposition<\/span> of all or part of an account pursuant to a pledge.\n\t\t“P.O.D. account” means an account payable on request<\/span> to one person<\/span> during his lifetime and on his death to one or more P.O.D. payees, or to one or more persons<\/span> during their lifetimes and on the death of all of them to one or more P.O.D. payees.\n\t\t“P.O.D. payee” means a person<\/span> designated on a P.O.D. account as one to whom the account is payable on request<\/span> after the death of one or more persons<\/span>.\n\t\t“Proof of death<\/span>” includes a death certificate; a certificate of qualification upon a decedent’s estate; or an authenticated copy of any record or report of a governmental agency, domestic or foreign, that a person<\/span> is dead.\n\t\t“Request<\/span>” means a proper request<\/span> for withdrawal<\/span>, or a check or order<\/span> for payment, that complies with all conditions of the account, including special requirements concerning necessary signatures and regulations of the financial institution<\/span>. If the financial institution<\/span> conditions withdrawal<\/span> or payment on advance notice, for purposes of this article the request<\/span> for withdrawal<\/span> or payment is treated as immediately effective and a notice of intent<\/span> to withdraw is treated as a request<\/span> for withdrawal<\/span>.\n\t\t“Sums on deposit<\/span>” means the balance payable on a multiple-party<\/span> account<\/span>, including a fiduciary account<\/span>, including interest, dividends, and in addition any deposit life insurance proceeds added to the account by reason of the death of a party<\/span>.\n\t\t“Trust account<\/span>” means an account in the name of one or more parties as trustee for one or more beneficiaries where the relationship is established by the form of the account and the deposit agreement with the financial institution<\/span> and there is no subject of the trust other than the sums on deposit<\/span> in the account, without regard to whether payment to the beneficiary<\/span> is mentioned in the deposit agreement. The term does not include a fiduciary account<\/span>.\n\t\t“Withdrawal<\/span>” includes payment to a third person<\/span> pursuant to check or other directive of a party<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 6.2-604)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Account” means a contract of deposit of funds between a depositor\nand a financial institution, and includes a checking account, savings account,\ncertificate of deposit, share account, and other similar arrangements.\n\t\t“Beneficiary” means a person named in a trust account as one for\nwhom a party to the account is named as trustee.\n\t\t“Fiduciary” shall include any one or more of the following: (i) a\nfiduciary as defined in \u00a7 8.01-2, (ii) an agent under a power of attorney, or\n(iii) an attorney acting under an attorney-client relationship.\n\t\t“Fiduciary account” means (i) an estate account for a decedent,\n(ii) an account established by one or more agents under a power of attorney or\nan existing account of a principal to which one or more agents under a power of\nattorney are added, (iii) an account established by one or more conservators,\n(iv) an account established by one or more committees, (v) a regular trust\naccount under a testamentary trust or a trust agreement that has significance\napart from the account, or (vi) an account arising from a fiduciary relationship\nsuch as an attorney-client relationship. “Fiduciary account” does\nnot include a trust account.\n\t\t“Financial institution” means any entity authorized to do business\nunder state or federal laws relating to financial institutions that is\nauthorized to establish accounts, including, without limitation, banks, trust\ncompanies, savings institutions, and credit unions.\n\t\t“Joint account” means an account payable on request to one or more\nof two or more parties whether or not mention is made of any right of\nsurvivorship.\n\t\t“Multiple-fiduciary account” means a fiduciary account where more\nthan one fiduciary is authorized to act.\n\t\t“Multiple-party account” means any of the following types of\naccount: (i) a joint account, (ii) a P.O.D. account, or (iii) a trust account.\nThe term does not include accounts established for deposit of funds of a\npartnership, joint venture, or other association for business purposes, or\naccounts controlled by one or more persons as the duly authorized agent or\ntrustee for a corporation, unincorporated association, or charitable or civic\norganization.\n\t\t“Net contribution” of a party to a joint account as of any given\ntime is the sum of all deposits thereto made by or for him, less all withdrawals\nmade by or for him which have not been paid to or applied to the use of any\nother party, plus a pro rata share of any interest or any dividends included in\nthe current balance. The term includes, in addition, any proceeds of deposit\nlife insurance added to the account by reason of the death of the party whose\nnet contribution is in question.\n\t\t“Party” means a person who, by the terms of the account, has a\npresent right, subject to request, to payment from a multiple-party account,\nincluding a fiduciary account. The term includes a P.O.D. payee or beneficiary\nof a trust account only after the account becomes payable to him by reason of\nhis surviving the original payee or trustee. The term includes a guardian,\nconservator, personal representative, or assignee, including an attaching\ncreditor, of a party. The term also includes a person identified as a trustee of\nan account for another whether or not a beneficiary is named, but it does not\ninclude any named beneficiary unless he has a present right of withdrawal.\n\t\t“Payment,” with respect to sums on deposit, includes withdrawal,\npayment on check or other directive of a party, and any pledge of sums on\ndeposit by a party and any setoff, or reduction or other disposition of all or\npart of an account pursuant to a pledge.\n\t\t“P.O.D. account” means an account payable on request to one person\nduring his lifetime and on his death to one or more P.O.D. payees, or to one or\nmore persons during their lifetimes and on the death of all of them to one or\nmore P.O.D. payees.\n\t\t“P.O.D. payee” means a person designated on a P.O.D. account as\none to whom the account is payable on request after the death of one or more\npersons.\n\t\t“Proof of death” includes a death certificate; a certificate of\nqualification upon a decedent’s estate; or an authenticated copy of any\nrecord or report of a governmental agency, domestic or foreign, that a person is\ndead.\n\t\t“Request” means a proper request for withdrawal, or a check or\norder for payment, that complies with all conditions of the account, including\nspecial requirements concerning necessary signatures and regulations of the\nfinancial institution. If the financial institution conditions withdrawal or\npayment on advance notice, for purposes of this article the request for\nwithdrawal or payment is treated as immediately effective and a notice of intent\nto withdraw is treated as a request for withdrawal.\n\t\t“Sums on deposit” means the balance payable on a multiple-party\naccount, including a fiduciary account, including interest, dividends, and in\naddition any deposit life insurance proceeds added to the account by reason of\nthe death of a party.\n\t\t“Trust account” means an account in the name of one or more\nparties as trustee for one or more beneficiaries where the relationship is\nestablished by the form of the account and the deposit agreement with the\nfinancial institution and there is no subject of the trust other than the sums\non deposit in the account, without regard to whether payment to the beneficiary\nis mentioned in the deposit agreement. The term does not include a fiduciary\naccount.\n\t\t“Withdrawal” includes payment to a third person pursuant to check\nor other directive of a party.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 407, \u00a7 6.1-125.1; 2010, c. 794; 2020, c. 259.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}