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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378162</law_id><section_number>8.4-105.1</section_number><catch_line>Payable through or payable at bank; collecting bank</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="21" identifier="8.4">Commercial Code &#x2014; Bank Deposits and Collections</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> If an item states that it is &#x201C;payable through&#x201D; a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates the bank as a <span class="dictionary">collecting bank</span> and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank. <a id="paragraph-1410740" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105.1/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> If an item states that it is &#x201C;payable at&#x201D; a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates that bank as a <span class="dictionary">collecting bank</span> and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank. <a id="paragraph-1410741" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105.1/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="c"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> If a draft names a nonbank drawee and it is unclear whether a bank named in the draft is a co-drawee or a <span class="dictionary">collecting bank</span>, the bank is a <span class="dictionary">collecting bank</span>. <a id="paragraph-1410742" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4-105.1/#c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-440; 1964, c. 219; &#xA7;&#xA7; 8.3-120, 8.3-121; 1992, c. 693.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>McCray v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>2673001</case_number><citation>556 S.E.2d 50</citation><date>2001-12-11</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1064851/mccray-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 556 S.E.2d 50 (2001) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
