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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378119</law_id><section_number>8.3A-304</section_number><catch_line>Overdue instrument</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="19" identifier="8.3A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Negotiable Instruments</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Enforcement of Instruments</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the earliest of the following times: <a id="paragraph-1410525" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> on the day after the day demand for payment is duly made; <a id="paragraph-1410526" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#a1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> if the instrument is a check, ninety days after its date; or <a id="paragraph-1410527" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#a2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="a3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> if the instrument is not a check, when the instrument has been outstanding for a period of time after its date which is unreasonably long under the circumstances of the particular case in light of the nature of the instrument and usage of the trade. <a id="paragraph-1410528" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#a3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> With respect to an instrument payable at a definite time the following rules apply: <a id="paragraph-1410529" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If the principal is payable in installments and a due date has not been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue upon <span class="dictionary">default</span> under the instrument for nonpayment of an installment, and the instrument remains overdue until the <span class="dictionary">default</span> is cured. <a id="paragraph-1410530" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#b1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the principal is not payable in installments and the due date has not been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue on the day after the due date. <a id="paragraph-1410531" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#b2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If a due date with respect to principal has been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue on the day after the accelerated due date. <a id="paragraph-1410532" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#b3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Unless the due date of principal has been accelerated, an instrument does not become overdue if there is <span class="dictionary">default</span> in payment of interest but no <span class="dictionary">default</span> in payment of principal. <a id="paragraph-1410533" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.3A-304/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-408; 1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.3-304; 1992, c. 693.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
