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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374070</law_id><section_number>6.2-203</section_number><catch_line>Contracts and securities from illegal currency dealing void; recovery of payments</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="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Money and Currency</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Currency Issuance and Circulation</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> All <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> and securities that originate from, or are made or obtained in whole or in part by means of any illegal currency dealing, trade, or business, shall be void. <a id="paragraph-1396426" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-203/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If any <span class="dictionary">person</span> pays any money or other valuable consideration on account of any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or security originating from, or made or obtained in whole or in part by means of, any illegal currency dealing, trade, or business, such <span class="dictionary">person</span> or his representative or assignee may recover the amount or value of such payment from the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom, or to whose use, the payment was made, by bringing suit within one year after such payment. <a id="paragraph-1396427" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-203/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 622, &#xA7; 6.1-330.52; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
