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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-113 — Fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock companies or corporations; penalty

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 4: Embezzlement and Fraudulent Conversions, Code of Virginia.

Criminal charges under this statute

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-113

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-113Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
If any officer or clerk of any financial institution, joint stock company or corporation makes, alters or omits to make any entry in any account kept in or by such financial institution, company or corporation, with intent, in so doing, to conceal the true state of such account, or to defraud such financial institution, company or corporation, or to enable or assist any person to obtain money to which he was not entitled, such officer or clerk shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

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Questions this section answers

Is fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock companies or corporations a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?

Fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock companies or corporations is a class 4 felony in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-113.

Which Virginia statute covers fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock companies or corporations?

Fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock companies or corporations is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-113 (Fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock companies or corporations; penalty).

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