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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 241<\/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 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261533,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70216,"identifier":"59.1-443.1","token":"59.1\/35\/59.1-443.1","url":"\/59.1-443.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-443.1\/","token":"59.1\/35\/59.1-443.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recording date of birth as condition of accepting checks prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-443.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Check” shall have the same meaning as defined in § 8.3A-104<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Except as provided in subsection C, no person who accepts checks for the transaction of business shall, as a condition of accepting the check, record, or request or require a person to record, his or her date of birth upon the check or otherwise. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> This section does not require a person to accept checks for the transaction of business. Nothing in this section shall apply to (i) the collection or use of a date of birth that is unrelated to accepting payment by check or (ii) a requirement that the person paying by check provide the year of his birth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDING DATE OF BIRTH AS CONDITION OF ACCEPTING CHECKS PROHIBITED (\u00a7\n59.1-443.1)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Check” shall have the same meaning as defined in §\n8.3A-104.\n\nB. Except as provided in subsection C, no person who accepts checks for the\ntransaction of business shall, as a condition of accepting the check, record, or\nrequest or require a person to record, his or her date of birth upon the check\nor otherwise.\n\nC. This section does not require a person to accept checks for the transaction\nof business. Nothing in this section shall apply to (i) the collection or use of\na date of birth that is unrelated to accepting payment by check or (ii) a\nrequirement that the person paying by check provide the year of his birth.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 241; 2005, c. 839.","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}}