{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/6.2-942.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/6.2-942.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/6.2-942.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/6.2-942.html"}],"law_id":57751,"edition_id":1,"section_id":57751,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-942","catch_line":"False certification of checks; penalty","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 6-136; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-120; 2010, c. 794.","full_text":"Any officer, employee, agent, or director of a bank who (i) certifies a check drawn on such bank and willfully fails forthwith to charge the amount thereof against the account of the drawer thereof or (ii) willfully certifies a check drawn on such bank when the drawer of such check does not have on deposit with the bank the amount of money subject to the payment of such check, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":211517,"text":"Any officer, employee, agent, or director of a bank who (i) certifies a check drawn on such bank and willfully fails forthwith to charge the amount thereof against the account of the drawer thereof or (ii) willfully certifies a check drawn on such bank when the drawer of such check does not have on deposit with the bank the amount of money subject to the payment of such check, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15097,"edition_id":1,"name":"Banking Offenses","identifier":"15","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13791,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:07","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:07","permalink":{"id":265307,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15097,"identifier":"15","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15","url":"\/6.2\/II\/8\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13791,"edition_id":1,"name":"Banks","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13000,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:53","permalink":{"id":265065,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13791,"identifier":"8","token":"6.2\/II\/8","url":"\/6.2\/II\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13000,"edition_id":1,"name":"Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12852,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:07","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:07","permalink":{"id":263685,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13000,"identifier":"II","token":"6.2\/II","url":"\/6.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12852,"edition_id":1,"name":"Financial Institutions and Services","identifier":"6.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","permalink":{"id":263249,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12852,"identifier":"6.2","token":"6.2","url":"\/6.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":63864,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-938","catch_line":"Engaging in banking business without authority; Commission may examine accounts of suspected person; penalty","url":"\/6.2-938\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-938","metadata":false},{"id":63908,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-939","catch_line":"Unlawful use of terms indicating that business is bank; penalty","url":"\/6.2-939\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-939","metadata":false},{"id":62194,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-940","catch_line":"Making derogatory statements affecting banks; penalty","url":"\/6.2-940\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-940","metadata":false},{"id":57525,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-941","catch_line":"Use of bank name, logo, or symbol for marketing purposes; penalty","url":"\/6.2-941\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-941","metadata":false},{"id":57751,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-942","catch_line":"False certification of checks; penalty","url":"\/6.2-942\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-942","metadata":false},{"id":82686,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-943","catch_line":"Offenses by officer, director, agent, or employee of bank; penalties","url":"\/6.2-943\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-943","metadata":false},{"id":75692,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-944","catch_line":"Officers, directors, agents, and employees violating or causing bank to violate laws; civil liability not affected","url":"\/6.2-944\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-944","metadata":false},{"id":76241,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-945","catch_line":"Receiving deposit knowing bank to be insolvent; penalty","url":"\/6.2-945\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-945","metadata":false},{"id":71872,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-946","catch_line":"Civil penalties for violation of Commission's orders","url":"\/6.2-946\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-946","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":57525,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-941","catch_line":"Use of bank name, logo, or symbol for marketing purposes; penalty","url":"\/6.2-941\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-941","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":82686,"structure_id":15097,"section_number":"6.2-943","catch_line":"Offenses by officer, director, agent, or employee of bank; penalties","url":"\/6.2-943\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-943","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/6.2-942\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1966, chapter 584; 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":265325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57751,"identifier":"6.2-942","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-942","url":"\/6.2-942\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-942\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/15\/6.2-942","dublin_core":{"Title":"False certification of checks; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-942","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any officer, employee, agent, or director of a <span class=\"dictionary\">bank<\/span> who (i) certifies a check drawn on such <span class=\"dictionary\">bank<\/span> and willfully fails forthwith to charge the amount thereof against the account of the drawer thereof or (ii) willfully certifies a check drawn on such <span class=\"dictionary\">bank<\/span> when the drawer of such check does not have on deposit with the <span class=\"dictionary\">bank<\/span> the amount of money subject to the payment of such check, is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFALSE CERTIFICATION OF CHECKS; PENALTY (\u00a7 6.2-942)\n\nAny officer, employee, agent, or director of a bank who (i) certifies a check\ndrawn on such bank and willfully fails forthwith to charge the amount thereof\nagainst the account of the drawer thereof or (ii) willfully certifies a check\ndrawn on such bank when the drawer of such check does not have on deposit with\nthe bank the amount of money subject to the payment of such check, is guilty of\na Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 6-136; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-120; 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}}