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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63165</law_id><section_number>8.4-213</section_number><catch_line>Final payment of item by payor bank; when provisional debits and credits become final; when certain credits become available for withdrawal</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.3A-418</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="2">Collection of Items: Depositary and Collecting Banks</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> An item is finally paid by a <span class="dictionary">payor bank</span> when the bank has first done any of the following: <a id="paragraph-230325" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> paid the item in cash; <a id="paragraph-230326" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> settled for the item without having a right to revoke the <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> under <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, clearing-house rule, or agreement; or <a id="paragraph-230327" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> made a provisional <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> for the item and failed to revoke the <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> in the time and manner permitted by <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, clearing-house rule or agreement. <a id="paragraph-230328" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#a3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> If provisional <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> for an item does not become final, the item is not finally paid. <a id="paragraph-230329" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If provisional <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> for an item between the presenting and <span class="dictionary">payor banks</span> is made through a clearing house or by debits or credits in an account between them, then to the extent that provisional debits or credits for the item are entered in accounts between the presenting and <span class="dictionary">payor banks</span> or between the presenting and successive prior <span class="dictionary">collecting banks</span> seriatim, they become final upon final payment of the item by the <span class="dictionary">payor bank</span>. <a id="paragraph-230330" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">collecting bank</span> receives a <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> for an item which is or becomes final the bank is accountable to its customer for the amount of the item and any provisional credit given for the item in an account with its customer becomes final. <a id="paragraph-230331" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> Subject to (i) applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span> stating a time for availability of funds and (ii) any right of the bank to apply the credit to an obligation of the customer, credit given by a bank for an item in a customer&#x2019;s account becomes available for withdrawal as of right: <a id="paragraph-230332" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> if the bank has received a provisional <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> for the item, when the <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> becomes final and the bank has had a reasonable time to receive return of the item and the item has not been received within that time; <a id="paragraph-230333" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#e1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> if the bank is both the <span class="dictionary">depositary bank</span> and the <span class="dictionary">payor bank</span>, and the item is finally paid, at the opening of the bank&#x2019;s second banking day following receipt of the item. <a id="paragraph-230334" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#e2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="f"><p><span class="prefix-number">f.</span> Subject to applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span> stating a time for availability of funds and any right of a bank to apply a deposit to an obligation of the depositor, a deposit of money becomes available for withdrawal as of right at the opening of the bank&#x2019;s next banking day after receipt of the deposit. <a id="paragraph-230335" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-213/#f"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 219; 1992, c. 693.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
