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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66592,"section_number":"18.2-172","catch_line":"Forging, uttering, etc., other writings","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-172\/"},{"id":77076,"section_number":"18.2-173","catch_line":"Having in possession forged coin or bank notes","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-173\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165945,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56018,"identifier":"18.2-170","token":"18.2\/6\/1\/18.2-170","url":"\/18.2-170\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-170\/","token":"18.2\/6\/1\/18.2-170","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forging coin or bank notes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-170","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person (1) forge any coin, note or bill current by law<\/span> or usage in this Commonwealth or any note or bill of a banking company, (2) fraudulently make any base coin, or a note or bill purporting to be the note or bill of a banking company, when such company does not exist, or (3) utter, or attempt to employ as true, or sell, exchange, or deliver, or offer to sell, exchange, or deliver, or receive on sale, exchange, or delivery, with intent<\/span> to utter or employ, or to have the same uttered or employed as true, any such false, forged, or base coin, note or bill, knowing it to be so, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORGING COIN OR BANK NOTES (\u00a7 18.2-170)\n\nIf any person (1) forge any coin, note or bill current by law or usage in this\nCommonwealth or any note or bill of a banking company, (2) fraudulently make any\nbase coin, or a note or bill purporting to be the note or bill of a banking\ncompany, when such company does not exist, or (3) utter, or attempt to employ as\ntrue, or sell, exchange, or deliver, or offer to sell, exchange, or deliver, or\nreceive on sale, exchange, or delivery, with intent to utter or employ, or to\nhave the same uttered or employed as true, any such false, forged, or base coin,\nnote or bill, knowing it to be so, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-94; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}