CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUBSTITUTE CHECKS AS EVIDENCE (SUPREME COURT RULE 2:1003 DERIVED FROM
SUBSECTIONS A AND B OF THIS SECTION) (§ 8.01-391.1)

A. A substitute check created pursuant to the federal Check Clearing for the
21st Century Evidence Act (Check 21 Act), 12 U.S.C. § 5001 et seq., shall be
admissible in evidence in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, to the same
extent the original check would be.

B. A document received from a banking institution that is designated as a
“substitute check” and that bears the legend “This is a legal
copy of your check. You can use it the same way you would use the original
check” shall be presumed to be a substitute check created pursuant to the
Check 21 Act.

C. Any person who shall forge a substitute check or utter or attempt to employ
as true any forged substitute check shall be punished as provided in §
18.2-172.

HISTORY: 2006, c. 127.