A. The provisions of §§ 6.2-606, 6.2-607, and 6.2-608 concerning beneficial ownership as between parties, or as between parties and P.O.D. payees or beneficiaries of multiple-party accounts, are relevant only to controversies between these persons and their creditors and other successors, and have no bearing on the power of withdrawal of these persons as determined by the terms of account contracts.
B. The provisions of §§ 6.2-612 through 6.2-617 govern the liability of financial institutions that make payments pursuant thereto, and their set-off rights, but shall have no effect on the beneficial ownership of or the power of withdrawal from the accounts between the parties or P.O.D. payees or beneficiaries of multiple-party accounts and shall have no effect on the fiduciary duties or obligations of fiduciaries under the governing instrument of multiple-fiduciary accounts.
1979, c. 407, § 6.1-125.2; 2010, c. 794; 2020, c. 259.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services
Chapter 6 - Deposits and Accounts
§ 6.2-601. Federal insurance of deposits required for all banks or savings institutions
§ 6.2-602. Adverse claims to accounts
§ 6.2-603. Medical savings accounts and health savings accounts
§ 6.2-603.1. Savings promotions
§ 6.2-606. Ownership during lifetime; garnishment, attachment, or levy
§ 6.2-608. Right of survivorship
§ 6.2-609. Change of form of account upon written order to financial institution
§ 6.2-610. Transfers arising from right of survivorship nontestamentary
§ 6.2-611. Liability of surviving party for debts and other liabilities of decedent's estate
§ 6.2-612. Financial institution duties; multiple-party accounts; multiple-fiduciary accounts
§ 6.2-613. Payment of sums in joint account
§ 6.2-614. Payment of P.O.D. account
§ 6.2-615. Payment of trust account
§ 6.2-615.1. Payment of multiple-fiduciary account
§ 6.2-616. Discharge of financial institution upon payment
§ 6.2-617. Setoff by financial institution against account
§ 6.2-618. Identification of joint accounts
§ 6.2-619. Certain duties of parties to joint accounts in financial institutions
§ 6.2-620. Application of article to accounts existing on July 1, 1980