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2006 SESSION
066067340Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 14 of Title 8.01 an article numbered 2.1, consisting of sections numbered 8.01-391.1 and 8.01-391.2 as follows:
§ 8.01-391.1. Title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the Check 21 Evidence Act.
§ 8.01-391.2. Substitute checks as evidence.
A. A substitute check created pursuant to the federal Check 21 Act, 12 U.S.C. § 5001 et seq., shall be admissible in evidence in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, to the same extent the original check would be.
B. A document received from a banking institution that is designated as a "substitute check" and that bears the legend "This is a legal copy of your check. You can use it the same way you would use the original check" shall be presumed to be a substitute check created pursuant to the federal Check 21 Act.
C. Any person who shall forge a substitute check or utter or attempt to employ as true any forged substitute check shall be punished as provided in § 18.2-172.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.