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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74354</law_id><section_number>8.3A-603</section_number><catch_line>Tender of payment</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="6">Discharge and Payment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> If tender of payment of an obligation to pay an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument, the effect of tender is governed by principles of <span class="dictionary">law</span> applicable to tender of payment under a simple <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-267281" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-603/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> If tender of payment of an obligation to pay an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument and the tender is refused, there is discharge, to the extent of the amount of the tender, of the obligation of an endorser or accommodation <span class="dictionary">party</span> having a right of recourse with respect to the obligation to which the tender relates. <a id="paragraph-267282" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-603/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If tender of payment of an amount due on an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument, the obligation of the obligor to pay interest after the due date on the amount tendered is discharged. If <span class="dictionary">presentment</span> is required with respect to an instrument and the obligor is able and ready to pay on the due date at every place of payment stated in the instrument, the obligor is deemed to have made tender of payment on the due date to the person entitled to enforce the instrument. <a id="paragraph-267283" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-603/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 6-423, 6-473; 1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.3-604; 1992, c. 693.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
