{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-169","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-169","heading":"Forging, or keeping an instrument for forging, a seal","body":"If any person forge, or keep or conceal any instrument for the purpose of forging, the seal of the Commonwealth, the seal of a court, or of any public office, or body politic or corporate in this Commonwealth, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.Code 1950, § 18.1-93; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 6. CRIMES INVOLVING FRAUD","Article 1. FORGERY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-169/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"c50c4bcc76bb55b2129531d16d0f859867b515d876a091037068600e9c51514b","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-168","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}