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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373633</law_id><section_number>6.2-1107</section_number><catch_line>Defamation of savings institutions and certain federal agencies prohibited; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="11">Savings Institutions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall willfully and knowingly make, <span class="dictionary">issue</span>, circulate, or transmit, or cause or knowingly permit to be made, issued, circulated, or transmitted, any statement or rumor, written, printed, reproduced in any manner, or by word of mouth, that is untrue in <span class="dictionary">fact</span> and is (i) <span class="dictionary">malicious</span>, in that it is calculated to injure reputation or business, and (ii) derogatory to the financial condition or standing of any <span class="dictionary">savings institution</span> or Federal <span class="dictionary">Home Loan</span> Bank. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-201.52; 1960, c. 402; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-182; 1972, c. 796, &#xA7; 6.1-195.62; 1985, c. 425, &#xA7; 6.1-194.94; 1990, c. 3; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
