18.2-182 - Issuing bad checks on behalf of business firm or corporation in payment of wages; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-182. Issuing bad checks on behalf of business firm or corporation inpayment of wages; penalty.

Any person who shall make, draw, or utter, or deliver any check, draft, ororder for the payment of money, upon any bank, banking institution, trustcompany or other depository on behalf of any business firm or corporation,for the purpose of paying wages to any employee of such firm or corporation,or for the purpose of paying for any labor performed by any person for suchfirm or corporation, knowing, at the time of such making, drawing, utteringor delivering, that the account upon which such check, draft or order isdrawn has not sufficient funds, or credit with, such bank, bankinginstitution, trust company or other depository, for the payment of suchcheck, draft or order, although no express representation is made inreference thereto, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor; except that ifthis check, draft, or order has a represented value of $200 or more, suchperson shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

The word "credit," as used herein, shall be construed to mean anyarrangement or understanding with the bank, banking institution, trustcompany, or other depository for the payment of such check, draft or order.

In addition to the criminal penalty set forth herein, such person shall bepersonally liable in any civil action brought upon such check, draft or order.

(Code 1950, § 6.1-116; 1966, c. 584; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2005, c. 598.)