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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 595<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165961,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86670,"identifier":"18.2-172.2","token":"18.2\/6\/1\/18.2-172.2","url":"\/18.2-172.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-172.2\/","token":"18.2\/6\/1\/18.2-172.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Maliciously affixing another’s signature to writing; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-172.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who maliciously affixes a facsimile or likeness of the signature of another person to any writing without the permission of that person and with the intent<\/span> to create the false impression that the writing was signed by that person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMALICIOUSLY AFFIXING ANOTHER’S SIGNATURE TO WRITING; PENALTY (\u00a7\n18.2-172.2)\n\nAny person who maliciously affixes a facsimile or likeness of the signature of\nanother person to any writing without the permission of that person and with the\nintent to create the false impression that the writing was signed by that person\nis guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, c. 595.","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}}