A. The notary public who placed a package in one of the general safes or boxes of the company as required under the provisions of § 6.2-2307 shall, upon doing so, file with the company a certificate, under seal, which shall set out the date of the opening of such box, the name of the lessee of the box, and a list of the contents, if any. The certificate shall be sworn to by the notary public and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth in all legal proceedings wherein evidence of such facts would be admissible.
B. The company shall mail a copy of such certificate within 10 days after its filing, to the lessee of the box at his last known post-office address, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. The company shall include in its mailing of the copy of the certificate a notice that the contents will be kept, at the expense of the lessee, in a general safe or box in the vaults of the company for a period of not less than two years, unless sooner removed by the lessee.
Code 1950, § 6-267; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-336; 1997, c. 129; 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