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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-214.1 — Penalties for failure to report removal or alteration of identification or serial number on business machines

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 8: Misrepresentations and Other Offenses Connected with Sales, Code of Virginia.

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Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-214.1

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. § 18.2-214.1Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation regularly engaged in the business of repairing, selling, renting or leasing of business machines to fail to report any business machine which such person, firm, association, or corporation knows has an altered or removed identification or serial number. The report shall be made to the appropriate law-enforcement agency for the county, city, or town where such business machine is located. For purposes of this section, the term "business machines" includes, but is not limited to, typewriters, adding machines, check-writing machines, cash registers, calculators, addressing machines, copying, and accounting equipment, and recording equipment. Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

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Is penalties for failure to report removal or alteration of identification or serial number on business machines a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?

Penalties for failure to report removal or alteration of identification or serial number on business machines is a class 4 misdemeanor in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-214.1.

Which Virginia statute covers penalties for failure to report removal or alteration of identification or serial number on business machines?

Penalties for failure to report removal or alteration of identification or serial number on business machines is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-214.1 (Penalties for failure to report removal or alteration of identification or serial number on business machines).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.