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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69041</law_id><section_number>8.4A-212</section_number><catch_line>Liability and duty of receiving bank regarding unaccepted payment order</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="8.4A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Funds Transfers</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Issue and Acceptance of Payment Order</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a receiving bank fails to accept a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> that it is obliged by express agreement to accept, the bank is liable for breach of the agreement to the extent provided in the agreement or in this title, but does not otherwise have any duty to accept a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> or, before acceptance, to take any action, or refrain from taking action, with respect to the <span class="dictionary">order</span> except as provided in this title or by express agreement. Liability based on acceptance arises only when acceptance occurs as stated in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Acceptance of payment order" href="/8.4A-209/">8.4A-209</a>, and liability is limited to that provided in this title. A receiving bank is not the agent of the sender or beneficiary of the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> it accepts, or of any other <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span>, and the bank owes no duty to any <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> except as provided in this title or by express agreement.</p></section></text><history>1990, c. 9.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
