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The introduction of a reproduced check or draft or of an enlargement thereof shall not preclude admission of the original. Any such check or draft, reproduction or enlargement purporting to be sealed, sealed and signed, or signed alone by the State Treasurer or on his behalf by his designee, may be considered satisfactorily identified and admitted as evidence, without any proof of the seal or signature, or of the official character of the person whose name is signed to it.B\n\nThe State Treasurer or his designee, when served with any summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or order, directing him to produce any check or draft kept by or in the possession of any agency or institution of the Commonwealth, may comply by certifying a reproduction or enlargement in accordance with subsection A and mailing the reproduction or enlargement in a sealed envelope to the clerk of court. 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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 173 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1994, chapter 16<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":173193,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73571,"identifier":"2.2-1812","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/18\/1\/2.2-1812","url":"\/2.2-1812\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1812\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/18\/1\/2.2-1812","dublin_core":{"Title":"Admissibility of reproductions of checks in evidence; compliance with subpoena","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1812","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A reproduction of any check or draft or an enlargement of such reproduction drawn by the State Treasurer, when satisfactorily identified, shall be admissible<\/span> in evidence<\/span> as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence. The introduction of a reproduced check or draft or of an enlargement thereof shall not preclude admission of the original. Any such check or draft, reproduction or enlargement purporting to be sealed<\/span>, sealed<\/span> and signed, or signed alone by the State Treasurer or on his behalf by his designee, may be considered satisfactorily identified and admitted as evidence<\/span>, without any proof of the seal or signature, or of the official character of the person whose name is signed to it. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The State Treasurer or his designee, when served with any summons<\/span>, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum<\/span> or order<\/span>, directing him to produce any check or draft kept by or in the possession<\/span> of any agency or institution of the Commonwealth, may comply by certifying a reproduction or enlargement in accordance with subsection A and mailing the reproduction or enlargement in a sealed<\/span> envelope to the clerk of court<\/span>. Upon good cause shown, any court may direct the Treasurer or his designee to appear personally, notwithstanding any other provision of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMISSIBILITY OF REPRODUCTIONS OF CHECKS IN EVIDENCE; COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA\n(\u00a7 2.2-1812)\n\nA. A reproduction of any check or draft or an enlargement of such reproduction\ndrawn by the State Treasurer, when satisfactorily identified, shall be\nadmissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative\nproceeding whether the original is in existence. The introduction of a\nreproduced check or draft or of an enlargement thereof shall not preclude\nadmission of the original. Any such check or draft, reproduction or enlargement\npurporting to be sealed, sealed and signed, or signed alone by the State\nTreasurer or on his behalf by his designee, may be considered satisfactorily\nidentified and admitted as evidence, without any proof of the seal or signature,\nor of the official character of the person whose name is signed to it.\n\nB. The State Treasurer or his designee, when served with any summons, subpoena,\nsubpoena duces tecum or order, directing him to produce any check or draft kept\nby or in the possession of any agency or institution of the Commonwealth, may\ncomply by certifying a reproduction or enlargement in accordance with subsection\nA and mailing the reproduction or enlargement in a sealed envelope to the clerk\nof court. Upon good cause shown, any court may direct the Treasurer or his\ndesignee to appear personally, notwithstanding any other provision of this\nsection.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 173, \u00a7 2.1-190.1; 1994, c. 16; 2001, c. 844.","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}}