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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 31A. Banks and Banking » Article 4. Banking Institutions and Services Generally » §31A-4-32. Adverse Claims to Deposits and Property Held in Safe Deposit

(a) A banking institution shall not be required, in the absence of a court order or indemnity required by this section, to recognize any claim to, or any claim of authority to exercise control over, a deposit account or property held in safe deposit (whether by the institution or in a safe-deposit box or other receptacle leased to a customer) made by a person or persons other than:

(1) The customer in whose name the account or property is held by the institution, or