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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67506</law_id><section_number>6.2-2107</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited practices</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="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Other Regulated Providers of Financial Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Check Cashers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">person</span> required to be registered under this chapter shall:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Engage in the business of making loans of credit, goods, or things; or discounting notes, bills of exchange, <span class="dictionary">items</span>, or other <span class="dictionary">evidences</span> of debt; or accepting deposits or bailments of money or <span class="dictionary">items</span> without meeting the requirements of the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-244585" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2107/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Cash post-dated <span class="dictionary">items</span>, other than government or payroll checks; <a id="paragraph-244586" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2107/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Use, or cause to be published or disseminated, any advertisement or communication that (i) contains any false, misleading, or deceptive statement or representation or (ii) identifies the <span class="dictionary">person</span> by any name other than the name or trade name set forth on the <span class="dictionary">registration</span>; <a id="paragraph-244587" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2107/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Engage in unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent practices; or <a id="paragraph-244588" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2107/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Make loans unless such <span class="dictionary">person</span> is licensed under, and the loans are made in accordance with, Chapter 18 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/6.2-1800/">6.2-1800</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-244589" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-2107/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, c. 221, &#xA7; 6.1-439; 2002, c. 897; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
