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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86670</law_id><section_number>18.2-172.2</section_number><catch_line>Maliciously affixing another&amp;#8217;s signature to writing; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Forgery</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who maliciously affixes a facsimile or likeness of the signature of another person to any writing without the permission of that person and with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to create the false impression that the writing was signed by that person is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>2008, c. 595.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
