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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 127<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":350389,"section_number":"18.2-172","catch_line":"Forging, uttering, etc., other writings","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-172\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1504407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377243,"identifier":"8.01-391.1","token":"8.01\/14\/2.1\/8.01-391.1","url":"\/8.01-391.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-391.1\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2.1\/8.01-391.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Substitute checks as evidence (Supreme Court Rule 2:1003 derived from subsections A and B of this section)","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-391.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A substitute check created pursuant to the federal Check Clearing for the 21st Century Evidence<\/span> Act (Check 21 Act), 12 U.S.C. § 5001 et seq., shall be admissible<\/span> in evidence<\/span> in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, to the same extent the original check would be. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any person<\/span> 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<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBSTITUTE CHECKS AS EVIDENCE (SUPREME COURT RULE 2:1003 DERIVED FROM\nSUBSECTIONS A AND B OF THIS SECTION) (\u00a7 8.01-391.1)\n\nA. A substitute check created pursuant to the federal Check Clearing for the\n21st Century Evidence Act (Check 21 Act), 12 U.S.C. § 5001 et seq., shall\nbe admissible in evidence in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, to the\nsame extent the original check would be.\n\nB. A document received from a banking institution that is designated as a\n“substitute check” and that bears the legend “This is a legal\ncopy of your check. You can use it the same way you would use the original\ncheck” shall be presumed to be a substitute check created pursuant to the\nCheck 21 Act.\n\nC. Any person who shall forge a substitute check or utter or attempt to employ\nas true any forged substitute check shall be punished as provided in §\n18.2-172.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 127.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}