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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79909</law_id><section_number>8.4A-501</section_number><catch_line>Variation by agreement and effect of funds-transfer system rule</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.4A-105</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="5">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this title, the rights and obligations of a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> may be varied by agreement of the affected <span class="dictionary">party</span>. <a id="paragraph-286209" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-501/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Funds-transfer system rule</span>&#x201D; means a rule of an association of banks (i) governing transmission of payment <span class="dictionary">orders</span> by means of a funds-transfer system of the association or rights and obligations with respect to those <span class="dictionary">orders</span>, or (ii) to the extent the rule governs rights and obligations between banks that are parties to a <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> in which a Federal Reserve Bank, acting as an <span class="dictionary">intermediary bank</span>, sends a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> to the beneficiary&#x2019;s bank. Except as otherwise provided in this title, a <span class="dictionary">funds-transfer system rule</span> governing rights and obligations between participating banks using the system may be effective even if the rule conflicts with this title and indirectly affects another <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">funds transfer</span> who does not consent to the rule. A <span class="dictionary">funds-transfer system rule</span> may also govern rights and obligations of parties other than participating banks using the system to the extent stated in subsection (c) 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>, subsection (d) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Payment by beneficiary's bank to beneficiary" href="/8.4A-405/">8.4A-405</a>, and subsection (c) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Choice of law" href="/8.4A-507/">8.4A-507</a>. <a id="paragraph-286210" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-501/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 9.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
