{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-6.2-1039","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 6.2-1039","heading":"Engaging in trust business without authority; Commission may examine accounts of suspected person; penalty","body":"A. Every person who trades or deals as a trust company, or conducts a trust business, without authority of law, and their officers and agents, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.B. The Commission shall have authority to examine the accounts, books, and papers of any person who it has reason to suspect is doing a trust business, in order to ascertain whether such person has violated, or is violating, any provision of this title. The refusal to submit such accounts, books, and papers shall be prima facie evidence of such violation.Code 1950, § 6-133; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-111; 1992, c. 136; 1994, c. 7; 2010, c. 794.","path":["Title 6.2. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND SERVICES","Subtitle II. DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND TRUST ORGANIZATIONS","Chapter 10. ENTITIES CONDUCTING TRUST BUSINESS","Article 2. TRUST COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/6.2-1039/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:34Z","sha256":"224094fe12fa0ff9e25b0eeff70d3f931260e9f2a2928bda19c588aaf7508500","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-6.2-1038","next":"us-va/va.-code-6.2-1040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}