Any sums in a joint account may be paid, on request, to any party without regard to whether any other party is incapacitated or deceased at the time the payment is demanded. Payment may not be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased party under the Virginia Small Estate Act (§ 64.2-600 et seq.) unless (i) proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the decedent was the last surviving party or (ii) there is no right of survivorship under § 6.2-608.
1979, c. 407, § 6.1-125.10; 2010, cc. 269, 794.
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