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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60921</law_id><section_number>8.01-27.3</section_number><catch_line>Evidence in actions regarding issuance of bad check</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="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Actions on Contracts Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> growing out of an <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Issuing bad checks, etc., larceny" href="/18.2-181/">18.2-181</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Issuing bad checks on behalf of business firm or corporation in payment of wages; penalty" href="/18.2-182/">18.2-182</a>, no <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of statements or representations as to the status of the check, draft, <span class="dictionary">order</span> or deposit involved, or of any <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> agreement with reference to the check, draft, or <span class="dictionary">order</span>, shall be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> unless such statement, or representation, or <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> agreement, is written upon the instrument at the time it is given by the drawer.</p></section></text><history>2004, c. 462.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
