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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1968, chapter 480; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 1980, chapter 99; in 1985, chapter 266.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68971,"section_number":"18.2-198.1","catch_line":"Venue","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-198.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62758,"identifier":"18.2-193","token":"18.2\/6\/6\/18.2-193","url":"\/18.2-193\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-193\/","token":"18.2\/6\/6\/18.2-193","dublin_core":{"Title":"Credit card forgery","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-193","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A person is guilty of credit card<\/span> forgery<\/span> when: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> With intent<\/span> to defraud a purported issuer<\/span>, a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or any other person, he falsely makes or falsely embosses a purported credit card<\/span> or utters such a credit card<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> He, not being the cardholder<\/span> or a person authorized by him, with intent<\/span> to defraud the issuer<\/span>, or a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or any other person, signs a credit card<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> He, not being the cardholder<\/span> or a person authorized by him, with intent<\/span> to defraud the issuer<\/span>, or a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or any other person, forges a sales draft<\/span> or cash advance\/withdrawal draft, or uses a credit card<\/span> number of a card of which he is not the cardholder<\/span>, or utters, or attempts to employ as true, such forged draft knowing it to be forged. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A person falsely makes a credit card<\/span> when he makes or draws, in whole or in part, a device or instrument which purports to be the credit card<\/span> of a named issuer<\/span> but which is not such a credit card<\/span> because the issuer<\/span> did not authorize the making or drawing, or alters a credit card<\/span> which was validly issued. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A person falsely embosses a credit card<\/span> when, without the authorization of the named issuer<\/span>, he completes a credit card<\/span> by adding any of the matter, other than the signature of the cardholder<\/span>, which an issuer<\/span> requires to appear on the credit card<\/span> before it can be used by a cardholder<\/span>. Conviction<\/span> of credit card<\/span> forgery<\/span> shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREDIT CARD FORGERY (\u00a7 18.2-193)\n\n1. A person is guilty of credit card forgery when:\n\n a. With intent to defraud a purported issuer, a person or organization\n providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or any other\n person, he falsely makes or falsely embosses a purported credit card or utters\n such a credit card; or\n\n b. He, not being the cardholder or a person authorized by him, with intent to\n defraud the issuer, or a person or organization providing money, goods,\n services or anything else of value, or any other person, signs a credit card;\n or\n\n c. He, not being the cardholder or a person authorized by him, with intent to\n defraud the issuer, or a person or organization providing money, goods,\n services or anything else of value, or any other person, forges a sales draft\n or cash advance\/withdrawal draft, or uses a credit card number of a card of\n which he is not the cardholder, or utters, or attempts to employ as true, such\n forged draft knowing it to be forged.\n\n2. A person falsely makes a credit card when he makes or draws, in whole or in\npart, a device or instrument which purports to be the credit card of a named\nissuer but which is not such a credit card because the issuer did not authorize\nthe making or drawing, or alters a credit card which was validly issued.\n\n3. A person falsely embosses a credit card when, without the authorization of\nthe named issuer, he completes a credit card by adding any of the matter, other\nthan the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the\ncredit card before it can be used by a cardholder. Conviction of credit card\nforgery shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-125.4; 1968, c. 480; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1980, c. 99;\n1985, c. 266.","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}}