Virginia · Code of Virginia — Title 18.2, Crimes and Offenses

Va. Code (Crimes) § 18.2-200: Failure to perform promise to deliver crop, etc., in return for advances

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who obtains money, merchandise, or other property by written promise to deliver a crop or property, then fraudulently fails to perform and repay, is guilty of larceny.

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