Virginia § 6.2-2301 - Access to joint safe deposit box
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§ 6.2-2301. Access to joint safe deposit box
When a box is rented from any company transacting business in the Commonwealth under the name of two or more persons with (i) the right of access being given to either or (ii) access to either the survivor or survivors of such persons, any one or more of such persons, whether the other or others be living or not shall have the right of access to the box and may remove therefrom its contents. In the case of such a removal, the company shall be exempt from any liability for permitting such person access thereto.
Code 1950, § 6-264; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-332; 2010, c. 794.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6.2-2301 ("Access to joint safe deposit box") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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