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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378216</law_id><section_number>8.4A-206</section_number><catch_line>Transmission of payment order through funds-transfer or other communication system</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.4A-205</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="22" identifier="8.4A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Funds Transfers</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Issue and Acceptance of Payment Order</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> If a payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> addressed to a receiving bank is transmitted to a funds-transfer system or other third-<span class="dictionary">party</span> communication system for transmittal to the bank, the system is deemed to be an agent of the sender for the purpose of transmitting the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> to the bank. If there is a discrepancy between the terms of the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> transmitted to the system and the terms of the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> transmitted by the system to the bank, the terms of the payment <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the sender are those transmitted by the system. This section does not apply to a funds-transfer system of the Federal Reserve Banks. <a id="paragraph-1410958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-206/#a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="b"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> This section applies to cancellations and amendments of payment <span class="dictionary">orders</span> to the same extent it applies to payment <span class="dictionary">orders</span>. <a id="paragraph-1410959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.4A-206/#b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 9.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
