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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79280</law_id><section_number>8.4-105</section_number><catch_line>&amp;#8220;Bank&amp;#8221;; &amp;#8220;depositary bank&amp;#8221;; &amp;#8220;intermediary bank&amp;#8221;; &amp;#8220;collecting bank&amp;#8221;; &amp;#8220;payor bank&amp;#8221;; &amp;#8220;presenting bank.&amp;#8221;</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>8.4-104</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.4">Commercial Code &#x2014; Bank Deposits and Collections</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In this title:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Bank</span>&#x201D; means a person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings institution, credit union or trust company; <a id="paragraph-283862" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Depositary bank</span>&#x201D; means the first bank to take an item even though it is also the <span class="dictionary">payor bank</span>, unless the item is presented for immediate payment over the counter; <a id="paragraph-283863" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Payor bank</span>&#x201D; means a bank that is the drawee of a draft; <a id="paragraph-283864" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Intermediary bank</span>&#x201D; means a bank to which an item is transferred in the course of collection except the depositary or <span class="dictionary">payor bank</span>; <a id="paragraph-283865" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Collecting bank</span>&#x201D; means a bank handling an item for collection except the <span class="dictionary">payor bank</span>; <a id="paragraph-283866" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Presenting bank</span>&#x201D; means a bank presenting an item except a <span class="dictionary">payor bank</span>. <a id="paragraph-283867" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219; 1992, c. 693; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
