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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 363 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 1985 \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 1990, chapter 373; in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":264639,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79105,"identifier":"6.2-1316","token":"6.2\/II\/13\/2\/6.2-1316","url":"\/6.2-1316\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1316\/","token":"6.2\/II\/13\/2\/6.2-1316","dublin_core":{"Title":"Offenses; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1316","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any officer, director, employee, receiver, or agent of a credit union<\/span> who willfully does any of the following is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> With the intent<\/span> to deceive, falsifies any book of account, report, statement, record, or other document of a credit union<\/span>, whether by alteration, false entry, omission, or otherwise; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Signs, issues<\/span>, publishes, or transmits to a government agency any book of account, report, statement, record, or other document that he knows to be false; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> By means of deceit, obtains a signature to a writing that is a subject of forgery<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> With intent<\/span> to deceive, destroys any credit union<\/span> book of account, report, statement, record, or other document; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> With the intent<\/span> to defraud, shares<\/span> or receives directly or indirectly any money, property, or benefits through any transaction of the credit union<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFENSES; PENALTY (\u00a7 6.2-1316)\n\nAny officer, director, employee, receiver, or agent of a credit union who\nwillfully does any of the following is guilty of a Class 6 felony:\n\n1. With the intent to deceive, falsifies any book of account, report, statement,\nrecord, or other document of a credit union, whether by alteration, false entry,\nomission, or otherwise;\n\n2. Signs, issues, publishes, or transmits to a government agency any book of\naccount, report, statement, record, or other document that he knows to be false;\n\n3. By means of deceit, obtains a signature to a writing that is a subject of\nforgery;\n\n4. With intent to deceive, destroys any credit union book of account, report,\nstatement, record, or other document; or\n\n5. With the intent to defraud, shares or receives directly or indirectly any\nmoney, property, or benefits through any transaction of the credit union.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 363, \u00a7 6.1-223.2; 1990, c. 373, \u00a7 6.1-225.62; 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}}