Upon the expiration of 60 days from the date of mailing the notice required by § 6.2-2305 and the failure within such period of the lessee of the box according to the records of the company to pay the amount due for the rental thereof, together with any charges for which the rental agreement provides, the company may, in the presence of two company employees, one of whom shall be a notary public, cause the box to be opened and the contents thereof, if any, to be removed, inventoried, and sealed up by the notary public in a package. The notary public shall distinctly mark upon the package the name of the lessee of the box according to the records of the company and the date of removal of the property.
Code 1950, § 6-265; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-334; 2003, c. 437; 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