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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 462<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84288,"section_number":"18.2-181","catch_line":"Issuing bad checks, etc., larceny","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-181\/"},{"id":63017,"section_number":"18.2-182","catch_line":"Issuing bad checks on behalf of business firm or corporation in payment of wages; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-182\/"}],"permalink":{"id":280387,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60921,"identifier":"8.01-27.3","token":"8.01\/3\/2\/8.01-27.3","url":"\/8.01-27.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-27.3\/","token":"8.01\/3\/2\/8.01-27.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Evidence in actions regarding issuance of bad check","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-27.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any civil action<\/span> growing out of an arrest<\/span> under \u00a7 18.2-181<\/a> or \u00a7 18.2-182<\/a>, no evidence<\/span> of statements or representations as to the status of the check, draft, order<\/span> or deposit involved, or of any collateral<\/span> agreement with reference to the check, draft, or order<\/span>, shall be admissible<\/span> unless such statement, or representation, or collateral<\/span> agreement, is written upon the instrument at the time it is given by the drawer.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEVIDENCE IN ACTIONS REGARDING ISSUANCE OF BAD CHECK (\u00a7 8.01-27.3)\n\nIn any civil action growing out of an arrest under \u00a7 18.2-181 or \u00a7 18.2-182,\nno evidence of statements or representations as to the status of the check,\ndraft, order or deposit involved, or of any collateral agreement with reference\nto the check, draft, or order, shall be admissible unless such statement, or\nrepresentation, or collateral agreement, is written upon the instrument at the\ntime it is given by the drawer.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 462.","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}}