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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84766</law_id><section_number>8.9A-340</section_number><catch_line>Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.9A-109</reference><reference>8.9A-341</reference></referred_to_by><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="4">Rights of Bank</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Exercise of recoupment or set-off. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a bank with which a deposit account is maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or set-off against a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> that holds a security interest in the deposit account. <a id="paragraph-303735" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-340/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Recoupment or set-off not affected by security interest. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the application of this title to a security interest in a deposit account does not affect a right of recoupment or set-off of the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> as to a deposit account maintained with the secured <span class="dictionary">party</span>. <a id="paragraph-303736" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-340/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> When set-off ineffective. The exercise by a bank of a set-off against a deposit account is ineffective against a secured <span class="dictionary">party</span> that holds a security interest in the deposit account which is perfected by control under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Control of deposit account" href="/8.9A-104/">8.9A-104</a> (a) (3), if the set-off is based on a claim against the debtor. <a id="paragraph-303737" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.9A-340/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 1007.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
