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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71270</law_id><section_number>18.2-181.1</section_number><catch_line>Issuance of bad checks</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="4">Bad Check Law</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span> for any person, within a period of 90 days, to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> two or more checks, drafts or <span class="dictionary">orders</span> for the payment of money in violation of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Issuing bad checks, etc., larceny" href="/18.2-181/">18.2-181</a> that have an aggregate represented value of $1,000 or more and that (i) are drawn upon the same account of any bank, banking institution, trust company or other depository and (ii) are made payable to the same person, firm or corporation.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 496; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
