Using A Forged Document In Virginia
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Penalties: The penalties under BP 22 are imprisonment ranging from 30 days to one year or a fine double the amount of the bounced check (but not more than ₱200,000). Both penalties can also be imposed simultaneously, depending on the court's discretion.
Forgery of Public Records Under Virginia Code § 18.2-168, it is unlawful to forge a public record, certificate, return, or attestation of any public officer or public employee when such document may be used as legal proof, or to utter or attempt to use as true such a forged record or document knowing it to be forged.
If you are charged with writing bad checks in the Commonwealth of Virginia, you may receive anywhere from 12 months to five years in prison, depending upon the seriousness of the crime. You can also be charged up to $2,500 as a fine.
WHAT IF I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BAD CHECK? If you accidentally passed a check that did not clear due to lack of funds, the person or company you passed the check to has to provide you with notice that the bank refused payment due to a lack of sufficient funds in your account.
It is a Class 4 felony to forge public records in violation of Section 18.2-168. Upon conviction, the punishment can include a prison sentence between two and 10 years as well as criminal fines up to $100,000. The laws against forgery of coins or banknotes appear at Code of Virginia Section 18.2-170.
§ 18.2-172. If any person forge any writing, other than such as is mentioned in §§ 18.2-168 and 18.2-170, to the prejudice of another's right, or utter, or attempt to employ as true, such forged writing, knowing it to be forged, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.
If any person forge, or keep or conceal any instrument for the purpose of forging, the seal of the Commonwealth, the seal of a court, or of any public office, or body politic or corporate in this Commonwealth, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
Whoever commits forgery shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
The offense is a wobbler. A conviction on misdemeanor charges will result in up to one year in jail, a maximum fine of $1,000, or both. A conviction on felony charges results in 16 months, two or three years in jail, a maximum fine of $10,000, or both.