Chap. 337.—An ACT fixing the liability of a bank to its depositor for payment
of forged or raised checks. [H B 13]

Approved March 20, 1924.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That no bank
or trust company in this State, which has paid and charged to the ac-
count of the depositor any money on a forged or raised check, issued in
the name of the said depositor shall be liable to said depositor for the
amount paid thereon, unless either (1) within six months after notice
to said depositor that the vouchers representing payments charged to
the account of said depositor for the period during which such payment
was made are ready for delivery, or (2) in case no such notice has
been given, within six months after the return to said depositor of
the voucher representing such payment, said depositor shall notify the
bank or trust company in this State that the check so paid is forged or
raised.

2. The notice referred to in the preceding section may be given by
mail to said depositor at his last known address with postage prepaid.