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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57525</law_id><section_number>6.2-941</section_number><catch_line>Use of bank name, logo, or symbol for marketing purposes; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-92.22</reference></referred_to_by><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="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Banks</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="15">Banking Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">name, logo, or symbol, or any combination thereof, of a bank</span>&#x201D; includes any name, logo, or symbol, or any combination thereof, that is deceptively similar to the name, logo, or symbol, or any combination thereof of a bank. <a id="paragraph-210767" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-941/#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 <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall use the <span class="dictionary">name, logo, or symbol, or any combination thereof, of a bank</span> in marketing <span class="dictionary">material</span> provided to or solicitation of another <span class="dictionary">person</span> in a manner such that a reasonable <span class="dictionary">person</span> may believe that the marketing <span class="dictionary">material</span> or solicitation originated from or is endorsed by the bank or that the bank is responsible for the marketing <span class="dictionary">material</span> or solicitation. <a id="paragraph-210768" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-941/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This section shall not apply to (i) an affiliate or agent of the bank or (ii) a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who uses the name, logo, or symbol of a bank with the consent of the bank. <a id="paragraph-210769" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-941/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> violating the provisions of this section, either individually or as an interested <span class="dictionary">party</span>, is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. This section shall not affect the availability of any remedies otherwise available to a bank. <a id="paragraph-210770" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-941/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 240, &#xA7; 6.1-119.1; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
