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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 9 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":378207,"section_number":"8.4A-105","catch_line":"Other definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.4A-105\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1510299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378228,"identifier":"8.4A-401","token":"8.4A\/4\/8.4A-401","url":"\/8.4A-401\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.4A-401\/","token":"8.4A\/4\/8.4A-401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment date","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.4A-401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

“Payment date” of a payment order<\/span> means the day on which the amount of the order<\/span> is payable to the beneficiary by the beneficiary’s bank. The payment date may be determined by instruction of the sender but cannot be earlier than the day the order<\/span> is received by the beneficiary’s bank and, unless otherwise determined, is the day the order<\/span> is received by the beneficiary’s bank.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT DATE (\u00a7 8.4A-401)\n\n“Payment date” of a payment order means the day on which the amount\nof the order is payable to the beneficiary by the beneficiary’s bank. The\npayment date may be determined by instruction of the sender but cannot be\nearlier than the day the order is received by the beneficiary’s bank and,\nunless otherwise determined, is the day the order is received by the\nbeneficiary’s bank.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 9.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}