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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76647</law_id><section_number>6.2-1172</section_number><catch_line>Accounts issued in name of minor</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Savings Institutions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">Accounts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">savings institution</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> <span class="dictionary">accounts</span> to a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> as sole and absolute owner of the <span class="dictionary">account</span>. With respect to any such <span class="dictionary">account</span>, a <span class="dictionary">savings institution</span> may (i) receive deposits by or for the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> owner, (ii) pay withdrawals, (iii) accept pledges to the <span class="dictionary">association</span>, and (iv) act in any other manner with respect to such <span class="dictionary">accounts</span> on the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> owner. Any payment or delivery of funds from such <span class="dictionary">account</span> to its owner, or payment of a check or other written <span class="dictionary">order</span> for withdrawal signed by its <span class="dictionary">minor</span> owner, shall be a valid and sufficient release and discharge of the institution for any payment or delivery so made. The parent or guardian of the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> owner shall not in his capacity as parent or guardian have the power to withdraw or transfer funds in any such <span class="dictionary">account</span> unless the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> has given written notice to the <span class="dictionary">association</span> to accept the signature of such parent or guardian.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-201.23; 1960, c. 402; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-150; 1972, c. 796, &#xA7; 6.1-195.25; 1985, c. 425, &#xA7; 6.1-194.55; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
