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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 622 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":374081,"section_number":"6.2-204","catch_line":"Capital stock of certain entities vested in Commonwealth; proceedings to recover stock; liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-204\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1490323,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374059,"identifier":"6.2-202","token":"6.2\/I\/2\/2\/6.2-202","url":"\/6.2-202\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-202\/","token":"6.2\/I\/2\/2\/6.2-202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Issuance of currency and related prohibited acts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No individual or entity<\/span>, unless authorized by law<\/span>, shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Issue<\/span> any note, bill, scrip, or other paper or thing with intent<\/span> that the same be circulated as currency; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Otherwise deal, trade, or carry on business as a bank of circulation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All contracts<\/span> made for forming any entity<\/span> to engage in any activity prohibited by subsection A shall be void. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nISSUANCE OF CURRENCY AND RELATED PROHIBITED ACTS (\u00a7 6.2-202)\n\nA. No individual or entity, unless authorized by law, shall:\n\n 1. Issue any note, bill, scrip, or other paper or thing with intent that the\n same be circulated as currency; or\n\n 2. Otherwise deal, trade, or carry on business as a bank of circulation.\n\nB. All contracts made for forming any entity to engage in any activity\nprohibited by subsection A shall be void.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 622, \u00a7 6.1-330.52; 2010, c. 794.","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"}}