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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69781</law_id><section_number>6.2-891</section_number><catch_line>Perfection of certain security interests</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="10">Reserves</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When securities are sold by a <span class="dictionary">bank</span> subject to an obligation of repurchase, any security interest or interest of ownership therein may be perfected:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> As specified by Title 8.8A or Title 8.9A; <a id="paragraph-252191" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-891/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> By designation to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> holding physical <span class="dictionary">custody</span> thereof, which shall include a <span class="dictionary">person</span> keeping the master records, in case of securities identified by book entry only, that certain securities identified by serial number or dollar amount are held for the benefit of third parties other than the <span class="dictionary">bank</span>, who may, but need not, be identified by name; or <a id="paragraph-252192" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-891/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> By physical separation on the premises of the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> in a separate drawer, compartment, or other facility. The <span class="dictionary">bank</span> may, from time to time, instruct any third <span class="dictionary">party</span> holding such securities that the previously identified securities or an amount of such securities previously identified as pledged or belonging to third parties have been released from such pledge by payment of all or part of the amount due, or have been repurchased. The records of the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> shall identify the <span class="dictionary">persons</span> who are pledgees or owners of such securities. Book-entry securities held in a <span class="dictionary">bank</span>&#x2019;s customer-safekeeping account, used for the same purpose, at the Federal Reserve <span class="dictionary">Bank</span>, notwithstanding that other customer securities are held in the same account, shall be deemed in compliance with subdivision 2, provided such securities are identified in the <span class="dictionary">bank</span>&#x2019;s records as required by this section. <a id="paragraph-252193" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-891/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 429, &#xA7; 6.1-81; 1983, c. 250; 1986, c. 320; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
