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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 348<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapters 541<\/a> and 549<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68291,"section_number":"18.2-513","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-513\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166485,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76807,"identifier":"18.2-246.2","token":"18.2\/6\/9\/18.2-246.2","url":"\/18.2-246.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-246.2\/","token":"18.2\/6\/9\/18.2-246.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-246.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

“Conduct” or “conducts” includes initiating, concluding, participating in, or assisting in a financial transaction<\/span>.\n\t\t“Financial transaction<\/span>” means any purchase, sale, trade, loan, pledge, investment, gift, transfer, transmission, transportation, delivery, deposit, withdrawal, payment, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency, extension of credit, purchase or sale of monetary instruments<\/span>, use of a safe-deposit box, or any other acquisition or disposition<\/span> of monetary instruments<\/span> by any means including the movement of funds by wire or other electronic means, which is knowingly designed in whole or in part to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of the property<\/span> involved in the transaction.\n\t\t“Monetary instruments<\/span>” means (i) coin or currency of the United States or of any other country, travelers’ checks, personal checks, bank checks, cashier’s checks, credit cards, debit cards, and money orders<\/span> or (ii) securities or other negotiable instruments, in bearer form or otherwise.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation or joint venture.\n\t\t“Proceeds<\/span>” means property<\/span> acquired or derived, directly or indirectly, from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or omission and includes property<\/span>, real or personal, of any kind.\n\t\t“Property<\/span>” means anything of value, and includes any interest therein, including any benefit, privilege<\/span>, claim or right with respect to anything of value, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 18.2-246.2)\n\n“Conduct” or “conducts” includes initiating, concluding,\nparticipating in, or assisting in a financial transaction.\n\t\t“Financial transaction” means any purchase, sale, trade, loan,\npledge, investment, gift, transfer, transmission, transportation, delivery,\ndeposit, withdrawal, payment, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency,\nextension of credit, purchase or sale of monetary instruments, use of a\nsafe-deposit box, or any other acquisition or disposition of monetary\ninstruments by any means including the movement of funds by wire or other\nelectronic means, which is knowingly designed in whole or in part to conceal or\ndisguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of the property\ninvolved in the transaction.\n\t\t“Monetary instruments” means (i) coin or currency of the United\nStates or of any other country, travelers’ checks, personal checks, bank\nchecks, cashier’s checks, credit cards, debit cards, and money orders or\n(ii) securities or other negotiable instruments, in bearer form or otherwise.\n\t\t“Person” includes any individual, partnership, association,\ncorporation or joint venture.\n\t\t“Proceeds” means property acquired or derived, directly or\nindirectly, from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or\nomission and includes property, real or personal, of any kind.\n\t\t“Property” means anything of value, and includes any interest\ntherein, including any benefit, privilege, claim or right with respect to\nanything of value, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 348; 2003, cc. 541, 549.","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}}