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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 221<\/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 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 1999, chapter 529<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66157,"section_number":"6.2-2109","catch_line":"Criminal penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-2109\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":266839,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65570,"identifier":"6.2-2101","token":"6.2\/III\/21\/6.2-2101","url":"\/6.2-2101\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-2101\/","token":"6.2\/III\/21\/6.2-2101","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration requirement; offices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-2101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall engage in business as a check casher<\/span> in the Commonwealth unless such person<\/span> has first registered with the Commission<\/span> in accordance with procedures established by the Commission<\/span> under this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every registered check casher<\/span> shall give written notice to the Commission<\/span>, within 10 days thereafter, of the opening, closing, or relocation of an office. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION REQUIREMENT; OFFICES (\u00a7 6.2-2101)\n\nA. No person shall engage in business as a check casher in the Commonwealth\nunless such person has first registered with the Commission in accordance with\nprocedures established by the Commission under this chapter.\n\nB. Every registered check casher shall give written notice to the Commission,\nwithin 10 days thereafter, of the opening, closing, or relocation of an office.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 221, \u00a7 6.1-433; 1999, c. 529; 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}}