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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60132</law_id><section_number>6.2-2306</section_number><catch_line>Opening box; marking contents</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-2307</reference></referred_to_by><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="IV">Other Financial Activities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="23">Safe Deposit Boxes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon the expiration of 60 days from the date of mailing the notice required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Notice to lessee upon nonpayment of rent" href="/6.2-2305/">6.2-2305</a> and the failure within such period of the <span class="dictionary">lessee</span> of the <span class="dictionary">box</span> according to the records of the <span class="dictionary">company</span> to pay the amount due for the rental thereof, together with any charges for which the rental agreement provides, the <span class="dictionary">company</span> may, in the presence of two <span class="dictionary">company</span> employees, one of whom shall be a notary public, cause the <span class="dictionary">box</span> to be opened and the contents thereof, if any, to be removed, inventoried, and <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> up by the notary public in a package. The notary public shall distinctly mark upon the package the name of the <span class="dictionary">lessee</span> of the <span class="dictionary">box</span> according to the records of the <span class="dictionary">company</span> and the date of removal of the property.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-265; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-334; 2003, c. 437; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
