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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 578 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 889<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 10<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 372<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 346<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 454<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 634<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 214<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79354,"section_number":"8.01-420.9","catch_line":"Subpoena duces tecum; financial records of nonparty","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-420.9\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":266383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61238,"identifier":"6.2-1900","token":"6.2\/III\/19\/6.2-1900","url":"\/6.2-1900\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1900\/","token":"6.2\/III\/19\/6.2-1900","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) Definitions.","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1900","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authorized delegate<\/span>” means a person<\/span> designated or appointed by a licensee<\/span> to sell money orders<\/span> or provide money transmission<\/span> services on behalf of the licensee<\/span>.\n\t\t“Licensee<\/span>” means a person<\/span> licensed under this chapter to engage in the business of selling money orders<\/span> or the business of money transmission<\/span>, or both.\n\t\t“Member<\/span>” means a person<\/span> who owns or controls a 10 percent or greater interest in a limited liability company.\n\t\t“Monetary value<\/span>” means a medium of exchange, whether or not redeemable in money.\n\t\t“Money order” means a check, traveler’s check, draft, or other instrument for the transmission or payment of money or monetary value<\/span> whether or not negotiable.\n\t\t“Money order seller<\/span>” means a person<\/span> engaged in the business of selling money orders<\/span>.\n\t\t“Money transmission<\/span>” means receiving money or monetary value<\/span> for transmission by wire, facsimile, electronic means or other means or selling or issuing stored value<\/span>.\n\t\t“Money transmitter<\/span>” means a person<\/span> engaged in the business of money transmission<\/span>.\n\t\t“Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry<\/span>” or “Registry” means the licensing and registration system operated by the State Regulatory Registry LLC.\n\t\t“Outstanding” means:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> With respect to a money order, a money order that has been issued and sold directly by a licensee<\/span>, or sold by an authorized delegate<\/span> of the licensee<\/span> and reported to the licensee<\/span>, that has not yet been paid by or on behalf of the licensee<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> With respect to a money transmission<\/span> transaction, a money transmission<\/span> transaction for which the licensee<\/span>, directly or through an authorized delegate<\/span> of the licensee<\/span>, has received money or monetary value<\/span> from a customer for transmission, but has not yet (i) completed the money transmission<\/span> transaction by delivering the money or monetary value<\/span> to the person<\/span> designated by the customer, or (ii) refunded the money or monetary value<\/span> to the customer.\n\t\t\t“Principal<\/span>” means any person<\/span> who, directly or indirectly, owns or controls a 10 percent or greater interest in any form of entity<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Stored value<\/span>” means monetary value<\/span> that is evidenced by an electronic record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(REPEALED EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) DEFINITIONS. (\u00a7 6.2-1900)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authorized delegate” means a person designated or appointed by a\nlicensee to sell money orders or provide money transmission services on behalf\nof the licensee.\n\t\t“Licensee” means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in\nthe business of selling money orders or the business of money transmission, or\nboth.\n\t\t“Member” means a person who owns or controls a 10 percent or\ngreater interest in a limited liability company.\n\t\t“Monetary value” means a medium of exchange, whether or not\nredeemable in money.\n\t\t“Money order” means a check, traveler’s check, draft, or\nother instrument for the transmission or payment of money or monetary value\nwhether or not negotiable.\n\t\t“Money order seller” means a person engaged in the business of\nselling money orders.\n\t\t“Money transmission” means receiving money or monetary value for\ntransmission by wire, facsimile, electronic means or other means or selling or\nissuing stored value.\n\t\t“Money transmitter” means a person engaged in the business of\nmoney transmission.\n\t\t“Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry” or\n“Registry” means the licensing and registration system operated by\nthe State Regulatory Registry LLC.\n\t\t“Outstanding” means:\n\n1. With respect to a money order, a money order that has been issued and sold\ndirectly by a licensee, or sold by an authorized delegate of the licensee and\nreported to the licensee, that has not yet been paid by or on behalf of the\nlicensee; or\n\n2. With respect to a money transmission transaction, a money transmission\ntransaction for which the licensee, directly or through an authorized delegate\nof the licensee, has received money or monetary value from a customer for\ntransmission, but has not yet (i) completed the money transmission transaction\nby delivering the money or monetary value to the person designated by the\ncustomer, or (ii) refunded the money or monetary value to the customer.\n\t\t\t“Principal” means any person who, directly or indirectly, owns or\ncontrols a 10 percent or greater interest in any form of entity.\n\t\t\t“Stored value” means monetary value that is evidenced by an\nelectronic record.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 578, \u00a7 6.1-370; 1994, c. 889; 1998, c. 10; 2001, c. 372;\n2009, c. 346; 2010, c. 794; 2014, c. 454; 2019, c. 634; 2025, c. 214.","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}}