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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 221<\/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. 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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":374094,"section_number":"6.2-2101","catch_line":"Registration requirement; offices","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-2101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1493877,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374103,"identifier":"6.2-2109","token":"6.2\/III\/21\/6.2-2109","url":"\/6.2-2109\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-2109\/","token":"6.2\/III\/21\/6.2-2109","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criminal penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-2109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> required to be registered under this chapter who acts as a check casher<\/span> without first registering with the Commission<\/span> as required by \u00a7 6.2-2101<\/a> is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. For the purposes of this section, each transaction entered into involving the cashing of an item<\/span> by such person<\/span> shall constitute a separate offense<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRIMINAL PENALTIES (\u00a7 6.2-2109)\n\nAny person required to be registered under this chapter who acts as a check\ncasher without first registering with the Commission as required by \u00a7 6.2-2101\nis guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. For the purposes of this section, each\ntransaction entered into involving the cashing of an item by such person shall\nconstitute a separate offense.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 221, \u00a7 6.1-441; 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"}}