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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84794</law_id><section_number>8.4A-303</section_number><catch_line>Erroneous execution of payment order</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.4A-304</reference><reference>8.4A-402</reference></referred_to_by><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="3">Execution of Sender's Payment Order by Receiving Bank</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> A receiving bank that (i) executes the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the sender by issuing a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> in an amount greater than the amount of the sender&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or (ii) <span class="dictionary">issues</span> a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> in execution of the sender&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> and then <span class="dictionary">issues</span> a duplicate <span class="dictionary">order</span>, is entitled to payment of the amount of the sender&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> under subsection (c) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligation of sender to pay receiving bank" href="/8.4A-402/">8.4A-402</a> if that subsection is otherwise satisfied. The bank is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the erroneous <span class="dictionary">order</span> the excess payment received to the extent allowed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> governing mistake and <span class="dictionary">restitution</span>. <a id="paragraph-303812" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-303/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> A receiving bank that executes the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the sender by issuing a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> in an amount less than the amount of the sender&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> is entitled to a payment of the amount of the sender&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> under subsection (c) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligation of sender to pay receiving bank" href="/8.4A-402/">8.4A-402</a> if (i) that subsection is otherwise satisfied and (ii) the bank corrects its mistake by issuing an additional payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> for the benefit of the beneficiary of the sender&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span>. If the error is not corrected, the issuer of the erroneous <span class="dictionary">order</span> is entitled to receive or retain payment from the sender of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> it accepted only to the extent of the amount of the erroneous <span class="dictionary">order</span>. This subsection does not apply if the receiving bank executes the sender&#x2019;s payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> by issuing a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> in an amount less than the amount of the sender&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> for the purpose of obtaining payment of its charges for services and expenses pursuant to instruction of the sender. <a id="paragraph-303813" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-303/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If a receiving bank executes the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the sender by issuing a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> to a beneficiary different from the beneficiary of the sender&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> and the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> is completed on the basis of that error, the sender of the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> that was erroneously executed and all previous senders in the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> are not obliged to pay the payment <span class="dictionary">orders</span> they issued. The issuer of the erroneous <span class="dictionary">order</span> is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> the payment received to the extent allowed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> governing mistake and <span class="dictionary">restitution</span>. <a id="paragraph-303814" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-303/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 9.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
