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Terms Used In Virginia Code 8.4-105

  • Draft: means a draft as defined in § 8. See Virginia Code 8.4-104
  • Drawee: means a person ordered in a draft to make payment;

    (9) "Item" means an instrument or a promise or order to pay money handled by a bank for collection or payment. See Virginia Code 8.4-104

  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230

(1) “Bank” means a person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings institution, credit union or trust company;

(2) “Depositary bank” means the first bank to take an item even though it is also the payor bank, unless the item is presented for immediate payment over the counter;

(3) “Payor bank” means a bank that is the drawee of a draft;

(4) “Intermediary bank” means a bank to which an item is transferred in the course of collection except the depositary or payor bank;

(5) “Collecting bank” means a bank handling an item for collection except the payor bank;

(6) “Presenting bank” means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank.

1964, c. 219; 1992, c. 693; 2010, c. 794.