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Any person who shall obtain, by any false pretense or token, the signature of another person, to any such writing, with intent to defraud any other person, shall be deemed guilty of the forgery thereof, and shall be subject to like punishment.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241613,"text":"If any person forge any writing, other than such as is mentioned in \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-168 and 18.2-170, to the prejudice of another’s right, or utter, or attempt to employ as true, such forged writing, knowing it to be forged, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony. 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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":60977,"section_number":"18.2-204.2","catch_line":"Manufacture, sale, etc., or possession of fictitious, facsimile or simulated official license or identification; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-204.2\/"},{"id":69845,"section_number":"43-13.1","catch_line":"Use of lien waiver form; forgery or signing without authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-13.1\/"},{"id":83473,"section_number":"8.01-391.1","catch_line":"Substitute checks as evidence (Supreme Court Rule 2:1003 derived from subsections A and B of this section)","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-391.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58969,"section_number":"18.2-168","catch_line":"Forging public records, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-168\/"},{"id":56018,"section_number":"18.2-170","catch_line":"Forging coin or bank notes","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-170\/"}],"permalink":{"id":165953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66592,"identifier":"18.2-172","token":"18.2\/6\/1\/18.2-172","url":"\/18.2-172\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-172\/","token":"18.2\/6\/1\/18.2-172","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forging, uttering, etc., other writings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-172","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person forge any writing, other than such as is mentioned in \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-168<\/a> and 18.2-170<\/a>, to the prejudice of another’s right, or utter, or attempt to employ as true, such forged writing, knowing it to be forged, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony<\/span>. Any person who shall obtain, by any false pretense<\/span> or token, the signature of another person, to any such writing, with intent<\/span> to defraud any other person, shall be deemed guilty of the forgery<\/span> thereof, and shall be subject to like punishment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORGING, UTTERING, ETC., OTHER WRITINGS (\u00a7 18.2-172)\n\nIf any person forge any writing, other than such as is mentioned in \u00a7\u00a7\n18.2-168 and 18.2-170, to the prejudice of another’s right, or utter, or\nattempt to employ as true, such forged writing, knowing it to be forged, he\nshall be guilty of a Class 5 felony. Any person who shall obtain, by any false\npretense or token, the signature of another person, to any such writing, with\nintent to defraud any other person, shall be deemed guilty of the forgery\nthereof, and shall be subject to like punishment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-96; 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}}