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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87132</law_id><section_number>6.2-883</section_number><catch_line>Acceptance of drafts or bills of exchange; issuance of letters of credit</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="8">Banks</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="9">Investments and Loans</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">bank</span> doing business in the Commonwealth, subject to conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, may (i) accept for payment at a future date drafts or bills of exchange drawn upon it by its customers on time not exceeding six months and (ii) <span class="dictionary">issue</span> letters of credit, upon such terms and conditions and of such duration as may be deemed appropriate by such <span class="dictionary">bank</span>, that authorize the holders thereof to draw drafts upon it or its correspondent, which drafts may be payable at sight or may be accepted for payment from the date of <span class="dictionary">presentment</span> on time not exceeding six months. <a id="paragraph-311984" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-883/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, in adopting conditions, limitations, and restrictions with respect to such acceptances or letters of credit, shall use as a standard or guide the respective conditions, limitations, and restrictions, if any, imposed from time to time by federal <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or by the Federal Reserve Board on its member <span class="dictionary">banks</span>. <a id="paragraph-311985" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-883/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-82; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-68; 1974, c. 81; 1976, c. 152; 1994, c. 7; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
