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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 1966, chapter 584; in 1992, chapter 136; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0007\">7<\/a>; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":263849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61667,"identifier":"6.2-1039","token":"6.2\/II\/10\/2\/6.2-1039","url":"\/6.2-1039\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1039\/","token":"6.2\/II\/10\/2\/6.2-1039","dublin_core":{"Title":"Engaging in trust business without authority; Commission may examine accounts of suspected person; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1039","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Every <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who trades or deals as a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust company<\/span>, or conducts a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust business<\/span>, without authority of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, and their officers and agents, is guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-225155\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1039\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall have authority to examine the accounts, books, and papers of any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who it has reason to suspect is doing a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust business<\/span>, in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to ascertain whether such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> has violated, or is violating, any provision of this title. The refusal to submit such accounts, books, and papers shall be prima facie <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of such violation. <a id=\"paragraph-225156\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1039\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENGAGING IN TRUST BUSINESS WITHOUT AUTHORITY; COMMISSION MAY EXAMINE ACCOUNTS OF\nSUSPECTED PERSON; PENALTY (\u00a7 6.2-1039)\n\nA. Every person who trades or deals as a trust company, or conducts a trust\nbusiness, without authority of law, and their officers and agents, is guilty of\na Class 6 felony.\n\nB. The Commission shall have authority to examine the accounts, books, and\npapers of any person who it has reason to suspect is doing a trust business, in\norder to ascertain whether such person has violated, or is violating, any\nprovision of this title. The refusal to submit such accounts, books, and papers\nshall be prima facie evidence of such violation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 6-133; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-111; 1992, c. 136; 1994, c.\n7; 2010, c. 794.","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}}