{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-391.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.01-391.1","heading":"Substitute checks as evidence (Supreme Court Rule 2:1003 derived from subsections A and B of this section)","body":"A. A substitute check created pursuant to the federal Check Clearing for the 21st Century Evidence Act (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 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 § 18.2-172.2006, c. 127.","path":["Title 8.01. Civil Remedies and Procedure","Chapter 14. EVIDENCE","Article 2.1. CHECK CLEARING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY EVIDENCE ACT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.01-391.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:39Z","sha256":"e05e6ea2e04048516e2340aefb23ee063ed98edd919fd597500d708150a3a686","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-391","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-392"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}