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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 292 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. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1991, chapter 633.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84288,"section_number":"18.2-181","catch_line":"Issuing bad checks, etc., larceny","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-181\/"},{"id":63017,"section_number":"18.2-182","catch_line":"Issuing bad checks on behalf of business firm or corporation in payment of wages; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-182\/"}],"permalink":{"id":169271,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79537,"identifier":"19.2-270.3","token":"19.2\/16\/1\/19.2-270.3","url":"\/19.2-270.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-270.3\/","token":"19.2\/16\/1\/19.2-270.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Admissible evidence as to identity of party presenting bad check, draft or order","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-270.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any prosecution<\/span> under \u00a7 18.2-181<\/a> or \u00a7 18.2-182<\/a> for the presentation of a bad check, draft or order<\/span>, the following shall be admissible<\/span> in any proceeding, hearing<\/span> or trial<\/span> of the case:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The unpaid or dishonored check, draft or order<\/span>, bearing a notation thereon of the full name, residence address, home telephone number, and either the driver’s license, social security or other governmentally issued identification number of the person who delivered such check, draft or order<\/span> to the payee, the cashing party<\/span> or its representative, and bearing the initials of the representative of the payee or cashing party<\/span> to whom the check, draft or order<\/span> was delivered, as evidence<\/span> that such information was transcribed on such check, draft or order<\/span> at the time of such delivery; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A composite photograph of the check, draft or order<\/span>, and of the person delivering such check, draft or order<\/span>, and of other documentation identifying such person, such as a driver’s license, social security card, or other governmentally issued identification card, taken together at the time the check, draft or order<\/span> was delivered by such person to the payee, the cashing party<\/span> or its representative.\n\t\t\tIf such evidence<\/span> is introduced, it may invoke an inference sufficient for the trier of fact<\/span> to find that the person whose identifying information appears on the check, draft or order<\/span> was the person who delivered the check, draft or order<\/span> in question to the payee, cashing party<\/span> or its representative. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE AS TO IDENTITY OF PARTY PRESENTING BAD CHECK, DRAFT OR ORDER\n(\u00a7 19.2-270.3)\n\nIn any prosecution under \u00a7 18.2-181 or \u00a7 18.2-182 for the presentation of a\nbad check, draft or order, the following shall be admissible in any proceeding,\nhearing or trial of the case:\n\n1. The unpaid or dishonored check, draft or order, bearing a notation thereon of\nthe full name, residence address, home telephone number, and either the\ndriver’s license, social security or other governmentally issued\nidentification number of the person who delivered such check, draft or order to\nthe payee, the cashing party or its representative, and bearing the initials of\nthe representative of the payee or cashing party to whom the check, draft or\norder was delivered, as evidence that such information was transcribed on such\ncheck, draft or order at the time of such delivery; or\n\n2. A composite photograph of the check, draft or order, and of the person\ndelivering such check, draft or order, and of other documentation identifying\nsuch person, such as a driver’s license, social security card, or other\ngovernmentally issued identification card, taken together at the time the check,\ndraft or order was delivered by such person to the payee, the cashing party or\nits representative.\n\t\t\tIf such evidence is introduced, it may invoke an inference sufficient for the\ntrier of fact to find that the person whose identifying information appears on\nthe check, draft or order was the person who delivered the check, draft or order\nin question to the payee, cashing party or its representative.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 292; 1991, c. 633.","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}}