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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57109</law_id><section_number>8.3A-303</section_number><catch_line>Value and consideration</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.3A-103</reference><reference>8.3A-302</reference><reference>8.5A-102</reference><reference>8.9A-403</reference></referred_to_by><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="3">Enforcement of Instruments</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> An instrument is issued or transferred for value if: <a id="paragraph-209134" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-303/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> the instrument is issued or transferred for a promise of performance, to the extent the promise has been performed; <a id="paragraph-209135" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-303/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> the transferee acquires a security interest or other <span class="dictionary">lien</span> in the instrument other than a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> obtained by judicial proceeding; <a id="paragraph-209136" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-303/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> the instrument is issued or transferred as payment of, or as security for, an antecedent claim against any person, whether or not the claim is due; <a id="paragraph-209137" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-303/#a3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> the instrument is issued or transferred in exchange for a negotiable instrument; or <a id="paragraph-209138" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-303/#a4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> the instrument is issued or transferred in exchange for the incurring of an irrevocable obligation to a third <span class="dictionary">party</span> by the person taking the instrument. <a id="paragraph-209139" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-303/#a5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Consideration</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">consideration</span> sufficient to support a simple <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. The drawer or maker of an instrument has a defense if the instrument is issued without <span class="dictionary">consideration</span>. If an instrument is issued for a promise of performance, the issuer has a defense to the extent performance of the promise is due and the promise has not been performed. If an instrument is issued for value as stated in subsection (a), the instrument is also issued for <span class="dictionary">consideration</span>. <a id="paragraph-209140" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-303/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 6-376, 6-377 through 6-380, 6-406, 6-410, 6-411; 1964, c. 219, &#xA7;&#xA7; 8.3-303, 8.3-306, 8.3-408; 1992, c. 693.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
