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If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of transactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction giving rise to the foreign-money claim.\n\t\t“Spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next day availability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days.\n\t\t“State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":263578,"text":"As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Action” means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim.\n\t\t“Bank-offered spot rate” means the spot rate of exchange at which a bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate.\n\t\t“Conversion date” means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with this chapter, is (i) paid to a claimant in an action or distribution proceeding; (ii) paid to the official designated by law to enforce a judgment or award on behalf of a claimant; or (iii) used to recoup, set off, or counterclaim in different moneys in an action or distribution proceeding.\n\t\t“Distribution proceeding” means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims are asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity, and the distribution of an estate, trust, or other fund.\n\t\t“Foreign money” means money other than money of the United States of America.\n\t\t“Foreign-money claim” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money.\n\t\t“Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by intergovernmental agreement.\n\t\t“Money of the claim” means the money determined as proper pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-465.17.\n\t\t“Person” means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, joint venture, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.\n\t\t“Rate of exchange” means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by a person obligated to pay or to state a rate of conversion. 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 24 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59309,"section_number":"8.01-465.17","catch_line":"Determining money of the claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-465.17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278015,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73220,"identifier":"8.01-465.14","token":"8.01\/17.3\/8.01-465.14","url":"\/8.01-465.14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-465.14\/","token":"8.01\/17.3\/8.01-465.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-465.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Action<\/span>” means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim<\/span>.\n\t\t“Bank-offered spot rate<\/span>” means the spot rate of exchange<\/span> at which a bank will sell foreign money<\/span> at a spot rate.\n\t\t“Conversion date<\/span>” means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with this chapter, is (i) paid to a claimant in an action<\/span> or distribution proceeding<\/span>; (ii) paid to the official designated by law<\/span> to enforce a judgment<\/span> or award on behalf of a claimant; or (iii) used to recoup, set off, or counterclaim<\/span> in different moneys<\/span> in an action<\/span> or distribution proceeding<\/span>.\n\t\t“Distribution proceeding<\/span>” means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims<\/span> are asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors<\/span>, a foreclosure, the liquidation<\/span> or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity, and the distribution of an estate, trust, or other fund.\n\t\t“Foreign money<\/span>” means money other than money of the United States<\/span> of America.\n\t\t“Foreign-money claim<\/span>” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money<\/span>.\n\t\t“Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by intergovernmental agreement.\n\t\t“Money of the claim<\/span>” means the money determined as proper pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-465.17<\/a>.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, joint venture, partnership, association, two or more persons<\/span> having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.\n\t\t“Rate of exchange<\/span>” means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by a person<\/span> obligated to pay or to state<\/span> a rate of conversion. If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of transactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction giving rise to the foreign-money claim<\/span>.\n\t\t“Spot rate” means the rate of exchange<\/span> at which foreign money<\/span> is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next day availability or for settlement<\/span> by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement<\/span> not exceeding two days.\n\t\t“State<\/span>” means a state<\/span> of the United States<\/span>, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession<\/span> subject to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the United States<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 8.01-465.14)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Action” means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a\npayment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money\nclaim.\n\t\t“Bank-offered spot rate” means the spot rate of exchange at which\na bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate.\n\t\t“Conversion date” means the banking day next preceding the date on\nwhich money, in accordance with this chapter, is (i) paid to a claimant in an\naction or distribution proceeding; (ii) paid to the official designated by law\nto enforce a judgment or award on behalf of a claimant; or (iii) used to recoup,\nset off, or counterclaim in different moneys in an action or distribution\nproceeding.\n\t\t“Distribution proceeding” means a judicial or nonjudicial\nproceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money\nclaims are asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of\ncreditors, a foreclosure, the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or\nother entity, and the distribution of an estate, trust, or other fund.\n\t\t“Foreign money” means money other than money of the United States\nof America.\n\t\t“Foreign-money claim” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or\na claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money.\n\t\t“Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations\nor a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by\nintergovernmental agreement.\n\t\t“Money of the claim” means the money determined as proper pursuant\nto \u00a7 8.01-465.17.\n\t\t“Person” means an individual, a corporation, government or\ngovernmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, joint\nventure, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common\ninterest, or any other legal or commercial entity.\n\t\t“Rate of exchange” means the rate at which money of one country\nmay be converted into money of another country in a free financial market\nconvenient to or reasonably usable by a person obligated to pay or to state a\nrate of conversion. If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of\ntransactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction\ngiving rise to the foreign-money claim.\n\t\t“Spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is\nsold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next day\navailability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by\ncharge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days.\n\t\t“State” means a state of the United States, the District of\nColumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession\nsubject to the jurisdiction of the United States.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 24.","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}}