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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77247</law_id><section_number>8.4A-405</section_number><catch_line>Payment by beneficiary&amp;#8217;s bank to beneficiary</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.4A-105</reference><reference>8.4A-209</reference><reference>8.4A-404</reference><reference>8.4A-406</reference><reference>8.4A-501</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="4">Payment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> If the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank credits an account of the beneficiary of a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span>, payment of the bank&#x2019;s obligation under subsection (a) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligation of beneficiary's bank to pay and give notice to beneficiary" href="/8.4A-404/">8.4A-404</a> occurs when and to the extent (i) the beneficiary is notified of the right to withdraw the credit, (ii) the bank lawfully applies the credit to a debt of the beneficiary, or (iii) funds with respect to the <span class="dictionary">order</span> are otherwise made available to the beneficiary by the bank. <a id="paragraph-277088" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-405/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> If the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank does not credit an account of the beneficiary of a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span>, the time when payment of the bank&#x2019;s obligation under subsection (a) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligation of beneficiary's bank to pay and give notice to beneficiary" href="/8.4A-404/">8.4A-404</a> occurs is governed by principles of <span class="dictionary">law</span> that determine when an obligation is satisfied. <a id="paragraph-277089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-405/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Except as stated in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, if the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank pays the beneficiary of a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> under a condition to payment or agreement of the beneficiary giving the bank the right to recover payment from the beneficiary if the bank does not receive payment of the <span class="dictionary">order</span>, the condition to payment or agreement is not enforceable. <a id="paragraph-277090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-405/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="d"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> A funds-transfer system rule may provide that payments made to beneficiaries of <span class="dictionary">funds transfers</span> made through the system are provisional until receipt of payment by the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank of the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> is accepted. A beneficiary&#x2019;s bank that makes a payment that is provisional under the rule is entitled to refund from the beneficiary if (i) the rule requires that both the beneficiary and the <span class="dictionary">originator</span> be given notice of the provisional nature of the payment before the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> is initiated, (ii) the beneficiary, the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank, and the <span class="dictionary">originator</span>&#x2019;s bank agreed to be bound by the rule, and (iii) the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank did not receive payment of the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> that it accepted. If the beneficiary is obliged to refund payment to the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank, acceptance of the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> by the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank is nullified and no payment by the <span class="dictionary">originator</span> of the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> to the beneficiary occurs under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Payment by originator to beneficiary; discharge of underlying obligation" href="/8.4A-406/">8.4A-406</a>. <a id="paragraph-277091" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-405/#d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="e"><p><span class="prefix-number">e.</span> This subsection applies to a <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> that includes a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> transmitted over a funds-transfer system that (i) nets obligations multilaterally among participants, and (ii) has in effect a loss-sharing agreement among participants for the purpose of providing funds necessary to complete <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> of the obligations of one or more participants that do not meet their <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> obligations. If the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank in the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> accepts a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> and the system fails to complete <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> pursuant to its rules with respect to any payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> in the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span>, (i) the acceptance by the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank is nullified and no person has any right or obligation based on the acceptance, (ii) the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank is entitled to recover payment from the beneficiary, (iii) no payment by the <span class="dictionary">originator</span> to the beneficiary occurs under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Payment by originator to beneficiary; discharge of underlying obligation" href="/8.4A-406/">8.4A-406</a> and (iv) subject to subsection (e) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Obligation of sender to pay receiving bank" href="/8.4A-402/">8.4A-402</a>, each sender in the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> is excused from its obligation to pay its payment <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> because the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> has not been completed. <a id="paragraph-277092" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-405/#e"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 9.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
