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However, if the statement is made in response to an unrequested written solicitation from the issuer or an agent of the issuer to apply for a credit card, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\nB\n\nA person who knows that a false statement has been made in writing concerning the financial condition or ability to pay of himself or of any person for whom he is acting or any firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which he is acting and who with intent to defraud, procures a credit card, upon the faith of such false statement, for his own benefit, or for the benefit of the person, firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which he is acting, and obtains by use of the credit card, money, property, services or any thing of value, is guilty of grand larceny if the value of whatever is obtained is $1,000 or more or petit larceny if the value is less than $1,000.\n\nC\n\nAs used in this section, “in writing” shall include information transmitted by computer, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or any other electronic medium, and shall not include information transmitted by any such medium by voice transmission.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1305637,"text":"A person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he makes, causes to be made or conspires to make, directly, indirectly or through an agency, any materially false statement in writing concerning the financial condition or means or ability to pay of himself or of any other person for whom he is acting or any firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which he is acting, knowing the statement to be false and intending that it be relied upon for the purpose of procuring a credit card. 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 546 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. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter 518<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 764<\/a> and 765<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 89<\/a> and 401<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1393217,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350440,"identifier":"18.2-195.2","token":"18.2\/6\/6\/18.2-195.2","url":"\/18.2-195.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-195.2\/","token":"18.2\/6\/6\/18.2-195.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fraudulent application for credit card; penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-195.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span> if he makes, causes to be made or conspires to make, directly, indirectly or through an agency, any materially false statement in writing<\/span> concerning the financial condition or means or ability to pay of himself or of any other person for whom he is acting or any firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which he is acting, knowing the statement to be false and intending that it be relied upon for the purpose of procuring a credit card<\/span>. However, if the statement is made in response to an unrequested written solicitation from the issuer<\/span> or an agent of the issuer<\/span> to apply for a credit card<\/span>, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A person who knows that a false statement has been made in writing<\/span> concerning the financial condition or ability to pay of himself or of any person for whom he is acting or any firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which he is acting and who with intent<\/span> to defraud, procures a credit card<\/span>, upon the faith of such false statement, for his own benefit, or for the benefit of the person, firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which he is acting, and obtains by use of the credit card<\/span>, money, property, services or any thing of value, is guilty of grand larceny<\/span> if the value of whatever is obtained is $1,000 or more or petit larceny<\/span> if the value is less than $1,000. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> As used in this section, “in writing<\/span>” shall include information transmitted by computer, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or any other electronic medium, and shall not include information transmitted by any such medium by voice transmission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFRAUDULENT APPLICATION FOR CREDIT CARD; PENALTIES (\u00a7 18.2-195.2)\n\nA. A person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he makes, causes to be\nmade or conspires to make, directly, indirectly or through an agency, any\nmaterially false statement in writing concerning the financial condition or\nmeans or ability to pay of himself or of any other person for whom he is acting\nor any firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which he is acting,\nknowing the statement to be false and intending that it be relied upon for the\npurpose of procuring a credit card. However, if the statement is made in\nresponse to an unrequested written solicitation from the issuer or an agent of\nthe issuer to apply for a credit card, he shall be guilty of a Class 4\nmisdemeanor.\n\nB. A person who knows that a false statement has been made in writing concerning\nthe financial condition or ability to pay of himself or of any person for whom\nhe is acting or any firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which\nhe is acting and who with intent to defraud, procures a credit card, upon the\nfaith of such false statement, for his own benefit, or for the benefit of the\nperson, firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which he is acting,\nand obtains by use of the credit card, money, property, services or any thing of\nvalue, is guilty of grand larceny if the value of whatever is obtained is $1,000\nor more or petit larceny if the value is less than $1,000.\n\nC. As used in this section, “in writing” shall include information\ntransmitted by computer, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or any other electronic\nmedium, and shall not include information transmitted by any such medium by\nvoice transmission.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 546; 2007, c. 518; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.","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"}}