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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":58970,"section_number":"19.2-327.15","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-327.15\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56018,"section_number":"18.2-170","catch_line":"Forging coin or bank notes","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-170\/"}],"permalink":{"id":165965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77076,"identifier":"18.2-173","token":"18.2\/6\/1\/18.2-173","url":"\/18.2-173\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-173\/","token":"18.2\/6\/1\/18.2-173","dublin_core":{"Title":"Having in possession forged coin or bank notes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-173","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person have in his <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> forged bank notes or forged or base coin, such as are mentioned in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Forging coin or bank notes\" href=\"\/18.2-170\/\">18.2-170<\/a>, knowing the same to be forged or base, with the <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to utter or employ the same as true, or to sell, exchange, or deliver them, so as to enable any other person to utter or employ them as true, he shall, if the number of such notes or coins in his <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> at the same time, be ten or more, be guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>; and if the number be less than ten, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHAVING IN POSSESSION FORGED COIN OR BANK NOTES (\u00a7 18.2-173)\n\nIf any person have in his possession forged bank notes or forged or base coin,\nsuch as are mentioned in \u00a7 18.2-170, knowing the same to be forged or base,\nwith the intent to utter or employ the same as true, or to sell, exchange, or\ndeliver them, so as to enable any other person to utter or employ them as true,\nhe shall, if the number of such notes or coins in his possession at the same\ntime, be ten or more, be guilty of a Class 6 felony; and if the number be less\nthan ten, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-97; 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}}