{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/6.2-1306.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/6.2-1306.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/6.2-1306.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/6.2-1306.html"}],"law_id":78451,"edition_id":1,"section_id":78451,"structure_id":15468,"section_number":"6.2-1306","catch_line":"Unlawful use of words &#8220;credit union.&#8221;","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 6-203; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-224; 1990, c. 373, \u00a7 6.1-225.19; 1994, c. 13; 2010, c. 794.","full_text":"A\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person, other than (i) a credit union organized under the provisions of this chapter, (ii) any entity authorized by any federal law, or (iii) any association or corporation the owners, members or constituents of which consist exclusively of authorized state and federal credit unions or members of authorized state and federal credit unions, to use any name or title which contains the words &#8220;credit union.&#8221;B\n\nAny person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and may be enjoined by any court having equity jurisdiction over the unauthorized user.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":281225,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any person, other than (i) a credit union organized under the provisions of this chapter, (ii) any entity authorized by any federal law, or (iii) any association or corporation the owners, members or constituents of which consist exclusively of authorized state and federal credit unions or members of authorized state and federal credit unions, to use any name or title which contains the words &#8220;credit union.&#8221;","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":281226,"text":"Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a 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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 1990, chapter 373; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0013\">13<\/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":264577,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78451,"identifier":"6.2-1306","token":"6.2\/II\/13\/1\/6.2-1306","url":"\/6.2-1306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1306\/","token":"6.2\/II\/13\/1\/6.2-1306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful use of words &#8220;credit union.&#8221;","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>, other than (i) a <span class=\"dictionary\">credit union<\/span> organized under the provisions of this chapter, (ii) any <span class=\"dictionary\">entity<\/span> authorized by any federal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, or (iii) any association or corporation the owners, <span class=\"dictionary\">members<\/span> or constituents of which consist exclusively of authorized state and federal <span class=\"dictionary\">credit unions<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">members<\/span> of authorized state and federal <span class=\"dictionary\">credit unions<\/span>, to use any name or title which contains the words &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">credit union<\/span>.&#8221; <a id=\"paragraph-281225\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1306\/#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> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> and may be enjoined by any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> having <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> over the unauthorized user. <a id=\"paragraph-281226\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1306\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL USE OF WORDS &#8220;CREDIT UNION.&#8221; (\u00a7 6.2-1306)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than (i) a credit union organized\nunder the provisions of this chapter, (ii) any entity authorized by any federal\nlaw, or (iii) any association or corporation the owners, members or constituents\nof which consist exclusively of authorized state and federal credit unions or\nmembers of authorized state and federal credit unions, to use any name or title\nwhich contains the words &#8220;credit union.&#8221;\n\nB. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1\nmisdemeanor and may be enjoined by any court having equity jurisdiction over the\nunauthorized user.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 6-203; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-224; 1990, c. 373, \u00a7\n6.1-225.19; 1994, c. 13; 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}}