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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78357</law_id><section_number>6.2-1363</section_number><catch_line>Individual retirement accounts and retirement or pension plans</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="13">Credit Unions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Accounts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> may act as trustee or custodian of (i) individual retirement accounts established with the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> for the benefit of its <span class="dictionary">members</span> under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829) (ERISA), as amended from time to time; (ii) pension funds of self-employed individuals or of a company or organization sponsoring the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span>; or (iii) other similar retirement or pension plans. <a id="paragraph-280844" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1363/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Contributions to and earnings on an account described in clause (i) of subsection A may be accepted and retained in accordance with ERISA but shall be invested in <span class="dictionary">shares</span> of the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> bylaws so provide such accounts may be established for the benefit of <span class="dictionary">members</span> in the names of other trustees or custodians who are qualified to serve as such under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth and ERISA. <a id="paragraph-280845" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1363/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 205, &#xA7; 6.1-207.1; 1990, c. 373, &#xA7; 6.1-225.46; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
