7829338.01-226.10Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Civil Remedies And ProcedureActionsMiscellaneous ProvisionsCivil immunity for causing the arrest of a person for a bad check2004, c. 462.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.01-226.10/18.2-181Issuing bad checks, etc., larceny/18.2-181/18.2-182Issuing bad checks on behalf of business firm or corporation in payment of wages; penalty/18.2-182/18.2-183Issuance of bad check prima facie evidence of intent and knowledge; notice by certified or registered mail/18.2-183//8.01-226.10/8.01/3/21/8.01-226.10If payment of any check, draft, or order for the payment of money is refused by the financial institution, trust company or other depository upon which such instrument is drawn, and the person who drew or uttered such instrument is arrested or prosecuted under the provisions of § 18.2-181 or § 18.2-182, for failure or refusal to pay such instrument, the one who arrested or caused such person to be arrested and prosecuted, or either, shall be conclusively deemed to have acted with reasonable or probable cause in any suit for damages that may be brought by the person who drew or uttered such instrument, if the one who arrested or caused such person to be arrested and prosecuted, or either, shall have, before doing so, presented or caused such instrument to be presented to the depository on which it was drawn where it was refused, and then waited five days after notice, as provided in § 18.2-183, without the amount due under the provisions of such instrument being paid.section1