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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72095</law_id><section_number>8.9A-304</section_number><catch_line>Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts</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="8.9A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Secured Transactions</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Perfection and Priority</unit><unit label="subpart" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Law Governing Perfection and Priority</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> <span class="dictionary">Law</span> of bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> governs. The local <span class="dictionary">law</span> of a bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a deposit account maintained with that bank even if the transaction does not bear any relation to the bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-259781" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-304/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. The following rules determine a bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> for purposes of this part: <a id="paragraph-259782" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-304/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If an agreement between the bank and the debtor governing the deposit account expressly provides that a particular <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is the bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> for purposes of this part, this title, or the Uniform Commercial Code, that <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is the bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-259783" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-304/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If paragraph (1) does not apply and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the agreement is governed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of a particular <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, that <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is the bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-259784" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-304/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) applies and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the deposit account is maintained at an office in a particular <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, that <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is the bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-259785" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-304/#b3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> If none of the preceding paragraphs applies, the bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the office identified in an account statement as the office serving the customer&#x2019;s account is located. <a id="paragraph-259786" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-304/#b4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If none of the preceding paragraphs applies, the bank&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the chief executive office of the bank is located. <a id="paragraph-259787" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-304/#b5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 1007; 2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
