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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370032</law_id><section_number>55.1-802</section_number><catch_line>Separately identified accounts, or qualified escrows or qualified trusts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-804</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Real Estate Settlements and Recordation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="8">Exchange Facilitators Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span> at all times shall: <a id="paragraph-1380450" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-802/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Deposit the <span class="dictionary">exchange funds</span> in a <span class="dictionary">deposit account</span> that is a separately identified account, as defined in Treasury Regulation &#xA7; 1.468B-6(c)(ii), and provide that any withdrawals from such separately identified account require the written authorization of the <span class="dictionary">exchange client</span> and written acknowledgment of the <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span>. Authorization for withdrawals may be delivered by any commercially reasonable means, including (i) the <span class="dictionary">exchange client</span>&#x2019;s delivery to the <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span> of the <span class="dictionary">exchange client</span>&#x2019;s authorization to disburse <span class="dictionary">exchange funds</span> and the <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span>&#x2019;s delivery to the <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> of the <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span>&#x2019;s authorization to disburse <span class="dictionary">exchange funds</span> or (ii) delivery to the <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> of both the <span class="dictionary">exchange client</span>&#x2019;s and the <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span>&#x2019;s authorizations to disburse <span class="dictionary">exchange funds</span>; or <a id="paragraph-1380451" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-802/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Deposit the <span class="dictionary">exchange funds</span> in a <span class="dictionary">deposit account</span> that is a qualified escrow or qualified trust as those terms are defined under Treasury Regulation &#xA7; 1.1031(k)-1(g)(3). <a id="paragraph-1380452" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-802/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">deposit account</span> shall be with a <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span>, and the interest earned on such account shall accrue to the parties as provided in a written agreement between the <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span> and the <span class="dictionary">exchange client</span>. However, the <span class="dictionary">exchange client</span> may expressly direct the <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span> in writing to invest the exchange proceeds in an investment of the <span class="dictionary">exchange client</span>&#x2019;s choice, provided that the <span class="dictionary">exchange facilitator</span> provides written acknowledgment back to the <span class="dictionary">exchange client</span> that includes a confirmation of how the exchange proceeds will be invested. <a id="paragraph-1380453" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-802/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2010, c. 409, &#xA7; 55-525.3; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
