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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67315</law_id><section_number>6.2-896</section_number><catch_line>Deposits of minors</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="11">Deposit Accounts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">bank</span> may establish a deposit account for a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> as the sole and absolute owner of such account. The <span class="dictionary">bank</span> may receive deposits by or for such <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, honor any withdrawal request of the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, and act in any other manner with respect to such account on the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span>. Any payment or delivery of funds from such account to the <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, or the payment of a check or other written <span class="dictionary">order</span> for withdrawal of funds signed by such <span class="dictionary">minor</span> owner, shall be a valid and sufficient release and discharge of such <span class="dictionary">bank</span> for any payment or delivery so made. The parent or guardian of such <span class="dictionary">minor</span> shall not in his capacity as parent or guardian have the power to withdraw or transfer funds in any such account unless the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> has given written notice to the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> to accept the signature of such parent or guardian.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-56; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-74; 2009, c. 197; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
