When a box is rented from any company transacting business in the Commonwealth under the name of two or more persons with (i) the right of access being given to either or (ii) access to either the survivor or survivors of such persons, any one or more of such persons, whether the other or others be living or not shall have the right of access to the box and may remove therefrom its contents. In the case of such a removal, the company shall be exempt from any liability for permitting such person access thereto.
Code 1950, § 6-264; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-332; 2010, c. 794.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services
Chapter 23 - Safe Deposit Boxes
§ 6.2-2301. Access to joint safe deposit box
§ 6.2-2302. Limited access to safe deposit box upon death of lessee
§ 6.2-2303. Limited access to safe deposit box upon incapacity of lessee
§ 6.2-2304. Duty to deny access to safe deposit boxes under certain conditions
§ 6.2-2305. Notice to lessee upon nonpayment of rent
§ 6.2-2306. Opening box; marking contents
§ 6.2-2307. Disposition of contents
§ 6.2-2308. Certificate of notary public
§ 6.2-2309. Subsequent right of lessee to contents
§ 6.2-2310. Sale of contents after two years
§ 6.2-2311. Disposition of proceeds of sale
§ 6.2-2312. Rental for storage unpaid for three years