19.2-270.3 - Admissible evidence as to identity of party presenting bad check, draft or order. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-270.3. Admissible evidence as to identity of party presenting badcheck, draft or order.

In any prosecution under § 18.2-181 or § 18.2-182 for the presentation of abad check, draft or order, the following shall be admissible in anyproceeding, hearing or trial of the case:

1. The unpaid or dishonored check, draft or order, bearing a notation thereonof the full name, residence address, home telephone number, and either thedriver's license, social security or other governmentally issuedidentification number of the person who delivered such check, draft or orderto the payee, the cashing party or its representative, and bearing theinitials of the representative of the payee or cashing party to whom thecheck, draft or order was delivered, as evidence that such information wastranscribed on such check, draft or order at the time of such delivery; or

2. A composite photograph of the check, draft or order, and of the persondelivering such check, draft or order, and of other documentation identifyingsuch person, such as a driver's license, social security card, or othergovernmentally issued identification card, taken together at the time thecheck, draft or order was delivered by such person to the payee, the cashingparty or its representative.

If such evidence is introduced, it may invoke an inference sufficient for thetrier of fact to find that the person whose identifying information appearson the check, draft or order was the person who delivered the check, draft ororder in question to the payee, cashing party or its representative.

(1981, c. 292; 1991, c. 633.)