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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76682</law_id><section_number>6.2-884</section_number><catch_line>Ownership and lease of personal property</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> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">personal property</span>&#x201D; includes fixtures. <a id="paragraph-275264" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-884/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">bank</span> may become the owner and lessor of <span class="dictionary">personal property</span>, subject to the following limitations: <a id="paragraph-275265" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-884/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Except in the case of short-term leases where a subsequent sale or reletting is anticipated, the rentals receivable by the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> under the initial lease of any item of <span class="dictionary">personal property</span> shall equal at least the cost to the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> of such item of <span class="dictionary">personal property</span>; <a id="paragraph-275266" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-884/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any leasing or rental obligations to any <span class="dictionary">bank</span> of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be treated as obligations subject to the limitations imposed by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitations on obligations of borrowers" href="/6.2-875/">6.2-875</a>; and <a id="paragraph-275267" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-884/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Upon the expiration of any lease whether by virtue of the lease agreement or by virtue of the retaking of <span class="dictionary">possession</span> by the <span class="dictionary">bank</span>, the <span class="dictionary">personal property</span> shall be sold or otherwise disposed of, or charged off within one year from the time of expiration of such lease unless it is held for the purpose of reletting. <a id="paragraph-275268" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-884/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No <span class="dictionary">personal property</span> acquired pursuant to this section shall be included in computable investment in fixed <span class="dictionary">assets</span> under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitation of amount invested in bank premises" href="/6.2-870/">6.2-870</a>. <a id="paragraph-275269" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-884/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1968, c. 56, &#xA7; 6.1-68.1; 1989, c. 482; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
