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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70216</law_id><section_number>59.1-443.1</section_number><catch_line>Recording date of birth as condition of accepting checks prohibited</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="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="35">Personal Information Privacy Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section:
			&#x201C;Check&#x201D; shall have the same meaning as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Negotiable instrument" href="/8.3A-104/">8.3A-104</a>. <a id="paragraph-253531" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-443.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as provided in subsection C, no person who accepts checks for the transaction of business shall, as a condition of accepting the check, record, or request or require a person to record, his or her date of birth upon the check or otherwise. <a id="paragraph-253532" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-443.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This section does not require a person to accept checks for the transaction of business. Nothing in this section shall apply to (i) the collection or use of a date of birth that is unrelated to accepting payment by check or (ii) a requirement that the person paying by check provide the year of his birth. <a id="paragraph-253533" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-443.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, c. 241; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
