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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 1985, chapter 266; in 2005, chapter 157<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64436,"section_number":"18.2-192","catch_line":"Credit card theft","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-192\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64436,"section_number":"18.2-192","catch_line":"Credit card theft","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-192\/"}],"permalink":{"id":166203,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71574,"identifier":"18.2-194","token":"18.2\/6\/6\/18.2-194","url":"\/18.2-194\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-194\/","token":"18.2\/6\/6\/18.2-194","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unauthorized possession of two or more signed credit cards or credit card numbers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-194","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a person, other than the cardholder<\/span> or a person authorized by him, possesses two or more credit cards<\/span> which are signed or two or more credit card<\/span> numbers, such possession<\/span> shall be prima facie evidence<\/span> that said cards or credit card<\/span> numbers were obtained in violation of \u00a7 18.2-192<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF TWO OR MORE SIGNED CREDIT CARDS OR CREDIT CARD\nNUMBERS (\u00a7 18.2-194)\n\nWhen a person, other than the cardholder or a person authorized by him,\npossesses two or more credit cards which are signed or two or more credit card\nnumbers, such possession shall be prima facie evidence that said cards or credit\ncard numbers were obtained in violation of \u00a7 18.2-192.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-125.5; 1968, c. 480; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 266;\n2005, c. 157.","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}}