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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55955</law_id><section_number>47.1-29.1</section_number><catch_line>Wrongful possession of software or hardware</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="47.1">Notaries and Out-Of-State Commissioners</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Civil and Criminal Liability</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who knowingly obtains, conceals, <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, or destroys the <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling an <span class="dictionary">electronic notary</span> to affix an official <span class="dictionary">electronic signature</span> or <span class="dictionary">seal</span>, without authority, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>2007, cc. 269, 590.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
