6.2-942 - (Effective October 1, 2010) False certification of checks; penalty.
§ 6.2-942. (Effective October 1, 2010) False certification of checks; penalty.
Any officer, employee, agent, or director of a bank who (i) certifies a checkdrawn on such bank and willfully fails forthwith to charge the amount thereofagainst the account of the drawer thereof or (ii) willfully certifies a checkdrawn on such bank when the drawer of such check does not have on depositwith the bank the amount of money subject to the payment of such check, isguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, § 6-136; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-120; 2010, c. 794.)