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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-181.1 (2026)

Issuance of bad checks

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It shall be a Class 6 felony for any person, within a period of 90 days, to issue two or more checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money in violation of § 18.2-181 that have an aggregate represented value of $1,000 or more and that (i) are drawn upon the same account of any bank, banking institution, trust company or other depository and (ii) are made payable to the same person, firm or corporation.

1988, c. 496; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2023 · leading case: Moore v. Commonwealth, 722 S.E.2d 668 (Va. Ct. App. 2012).
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Moore v. Commonwealth, 722 S.E.2d 668 (Va. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 12× “Background On May 4, 2009, a Stafford County grand jury indicted Moore for one count of issuing multiple worthless checks under Code § 18.2-181.1 and three counts of worthless checks under Code § 18.”
Portaluppi v. Shell Oil Co., 684 F. Supp. 900 (E.D. Va. 1988). · cites it 2× “See Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-181.1 , but not for a felony conviction of drug possession.”
In Re Accelerated Recovery Sys., Inc., 431 B.R. 138 (W.D. Va. 2010). · cites it 3× “Va.Code § 18.2-181.1. And Section 18.2-181 provides: Any person who, with intent to defraud, shall make or draw or utter or deliver any check, draft, or order for the payment of money, upon any bank, banking institution, trust company, or other depository, knowing, at the time…”
Wilson v. Woods (E.D. Va. 2019). · cites it 9× “70- 3 Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-181.1 provides: It shall be a Class 6 felony for any person, within a period of 90 days, to issue two or more checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money in violation of § 18.”
Frank Leo Cox, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 8× “Appellant was arrested on January 27, 2010, for violating Code § 18.2-181.1. 2 At appellant’s bench trial, appellant’s mother and Kahn each testified for the Commonwealth.”
Thurston Trent Keene v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “BACKGROUND On January 12, 1996, Keene was convicted, on his plea of guilty, of issuing two or more bad checks in violation of Code § 18.2-181.1. 1 The court sentenced Keene to three years imprisonment * Pursuant to Code § 17.”
Robert Carl Burnett v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 6× “Robert Carl Burnett (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial of two counts of grand larceny by check in violation of Code § 18.2-181.1. Appellant contends the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the offenses charged.”
Elwood Saunders Gregory v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “Appellant Elwood Saunders Gregory pleaded guilty to issuing bad checks, in violation of Code § 18.2-181.1. The circuit court sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment.”
Commonwealth v. Eisenhart, 37 Va. Cir. 212 (Winchester Cir. Ct. 1995). · cites it 2× “Prior to the February 14, 1995, meeting of the grand jury, there were discussions between defense counsel and the Commonwealth with respect to entering a plea agreement whereby the defendant would plead guilty to a violation of § 18.2-181.1 of the Code of Virginia, under which…”
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