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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72757</law_id><section_number>6.2-2313</section_number><catch_line>Documents having pretium affectionis</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="IV">Other Financial Activities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="23">Safe Deposit Boxes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the contents of any <span class="dictionary">box</span> opened under the provisions of this chapter shall consist either wholly or in part of documents, letters, or other papers of a private nature, or articles having a pretium affectionis, such documents, letters, papers, or articles shall not be sold, but shall be retained by the <span class="dictionary">company</span>, without liability.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-271; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-340; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
