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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1966, chapter 584; in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":265137,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68608,"identifier":"6.2-897","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/11\/6.2-897","url":"\/6.2-897\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-897\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/11\/6.2-897","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bank need not inquire as to fiduciary funds deposited in fiduciary’s personal account","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-897","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any fiduciary or agent makes a deposit in a bank<\/span> to his personal credit of checks drawn by him upon an account in his own name as fiduciary, or of checks drawn by him upon an account in the name of his principal, if he is empowered to draw checks thereon, or of checks payable to his principal and endorsed by him as fiduciary, the bank<\/span> receiving the deposit:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Shall not be required to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing thereby a breach of his obligation as fiduciary; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Is authorized to pay the amount of the deposit or any part thereof upon the withdrawal by the fiduciary without being liable to the principal, unless the bank<\/span> receives the deposit or pays the withdrawal with (i) actual knowledge that the fiduciary, in making such deposit or in making such withdrawal, is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary or (ii) knowledge of such facts<\/span> that its action in receiving the deposit or paying the check amounts to bad faith. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBANK NEED NOT INQUIRE AS TO FIDUCIARY FUNDS DEPOSITED IN FIDUCIARY’S\nPERSONAL ACCOUNT (\u00a7 6.2-897)\n\nIf any fiduciary or agent makes a deposit in a bank to his personal credit of\nchecks drawn by him upon an account in his own name as fiduciary, or of checks\ndrawn by him upon an account in the name of his principal, if he is empowered to\ndraw checks thereon, or of checks payable to his principal and endorsed by him\nas fiduciary, the bank receiving the deposit:\n\n1. Shall not be required to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing thereby\na breach of his obligation as fiduciary; and\n\n2. Is authorized to pay the amount of the deposit or any part thereof upon the\nwithdrawal by the fiduciary without being liable to the principal, unless the\nbank receives the deposit or pays the withdrawal with (i) actual knowledge that\nthe fiduciary, in making such deposit or in making such withdrawal, is\ncommitting a breach of his obligation as fiduciary or (ii) knowledge of such\nfacts that its action in receiving the deposit or paying the check amounts to\nbad faith.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 6-57; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-75; 2010, c. 794.","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}}