                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ISSUING BAD CHECKS ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS FIRM OR CORPORATION IN PAYMENT OF
WAGES; PENALTY (§ 18.2-182)

Any person who shall make, draw, or utter, or deliver any check, draft, or order
for the payment of money, upon any bank, banking institution, trust company or
other depository on behalf of any business firm or corporation, for the purpose
of paying wages to any employee of such firm or corporation, or for the purpose
of paying for any labor performed by any person for such firm or corporation,
knowing, at the time of such making, drawing, uttering or delivering, that the
account upon which such check, draft or order is drawn has not sufficient funds,
or credit with, such bank, banking institution, trust company or other
depository, for the payment of such check, draft or order, although no express
representation is made in reference thereto, shall be guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor; except that if this check, draft, or order has a represented value
of $1,000 or more, such person shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.
		The word &#8220;credit,&#8221; as used herein, shall be construed to mean any
arrangement or understanding with the bank, banking institution, trust company,
or other depository for the payment of such check, draft or order.
		In addition to the criminal penalty set forth herein, such person shall be
personally liable in any civil action brought upon such check, draft or order.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 6.1-116; 1966, c. 584; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2005, c. 598;
2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.