Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-171 — Making or having anything designed for forging any writing, etc
Virginia § 18.2-171
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-171 (2026).
Text
If any person engrave, stamp, or cast, or otherwise make or mend, any plate, block, press, or other thing, adapted and designed for the forging and false making of any writing or other thing, the forging or false making whereof is punishable by this chapter, or if such person have in possession any such plate, block, press, or other thing, with intent to use, or cause or permit it to be used, in forging or false making any such writing or other thing, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-95; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Virginia § 18.2-171, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-171.