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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348706</law_id><section_number>15.2-5345</section_number><catch_line>Security for funds deposited by authorities; deposit in certain savings accounts, etc., authorized</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="11" identifier="53">Hospital Authorities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">authority</span> may by resolution provide that all moneys deposited by it shall be secured:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> By obligations of the United States or of the Commonwealth of a market value equal at all times to the amount of such deposits; <a id="paragraph-1299928" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5345/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> By any securities in which trustees, guardians, executors, administrators and others acting in a fiduciary capacity may legally invest funds within their control; or <a id="paragraph-1299929" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5345/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> By an undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> faithfully to keep and pay over upon the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> any such deposits and agreed interest thereon.
			All banks and trust companies are authorized to give any such security for such deposits.<br/><br/>			Deposit of such funds in savings accounts and certificates of savings institutions which are under state supervision and of federal associations organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United States and under federal supervision, is hereby authorized, provided that such institution&#x2019;s deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other federal insurance agency. <a id="paragraph-1299930" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5345/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-260; 1976, c. 281, &#xA7; 15.1-1580; 1979, c. 719; 1990, c. 3; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
