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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60697</law_id><section_number>8.3A-118.1</section_number><catch_line>Statute of limitations on deposit accounts and certificates of deposit</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="8.3A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Negotiable Instruments</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An action to enforce the obligations of a bank to pay all or part of the balance of a deposit account or certificate of deposit (collectively, a deposit) must be commenced within six years after the earlier of the following: <a id="paragraph-221879" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-118.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If the deposit is a certificate of deposit to which subsection (e) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Statute of limitations" href="/8.3A-118/">8.3A-118</a> applies, the date the six-year limitations period begins to run under subsection (e) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Statute of limitations" href="/8.3A-118/">8.3A-118</a>; or <a id="paragraph-221880" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-118.1/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The later of: <a id="paragraph-221881" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-118.1/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2A" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The due date of the deposit indicated in the bank&#x2019;s last written notice of renewal; <a id="paragraph-221882" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-118.1/#A2A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2B" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The date of the last written communication from the bank recognizing the bank&#x2019;s obligation with respect to the deposit; or <a id="paragraph-221883" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-118.1/#A2B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2C" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The last day of the taxable year for which the owner of the deposit or the bank last reported interest income earned on the deposit for federal or state income tax purposes. <a id="paragraph-221884" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-118.1/#A2C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> This section shall apply to negotiable and non-negotiable certificates of deposit. <a id="paragraph-221885" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-118.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, c. 624; 2010, c. 747; 2017, cc. 83, 640.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
