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§ 18.2-246.2. Definitions.

"Conduct" or "conducts" includes initiating, concluding, participatingin, or assisting in a financial transaction.

"Financial transaction" means any purchase, sale, trade, loan, pledge,investment, gift, transfer, transmission, transportation, delivery, deposit,withdrawal, payment, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency,extension of credit, purchase or sale of monetary instruments, use of asafe-deposit box, or any other acquisition or disposition of monetaryinstruments by any means including the movement of funds by wire or otherelectronic means, which is knowingly designed in whole or in part to concealor disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of theproperty involved in the transaction.

"Monetary instruments" means (i) coin or currency of the United States orof any other country, travelers' checks, personal checks, bank checks,cashier's checks, credit cards, debit cards, and money orders or (ii)securities or other negotiable instruments, in bearer form or otherwise.

"Person" includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation orjoint venture.

"Proceeds" means property acquired or derived, directly or indirectly,from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or omission andincludes property, real or personal, of any kind.

"Property" means anything of value, and includes any interest therein,including any benefit, privilege, claim or right with respect to anything ofvalue, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible.

(1999, c. 348; 2003, cc. 541, 549.)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-18-2 > Chapter-6 > 18-2-246-2

§ 18.2-246.2. Definitions.

"Conduct" or "conducts" includes initiating, concluding, participatingin, or assisting in a financial transaction.

"Financial transaction" means any purchase, sale, trade, loan, pledge,investment, gift, transfer, transmission, transportation, delivery, deposit,withdrawal, payment, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency,extension of credit, purchase or sale of monetary instruments, use of asafe-deposit box, or any other acquisition or disposition of monetaryinstruments by any means including the movement of funds by wire or otherelectronic means, which is knowingly designed in whole or in part to concealor disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of theproperty involved in the transaction.

"Monetary instruments" means (i) coin or currency of the United States orof any other country, travelers' checks, personal checks, bank checks,cashier's checks, credit cards, debit cards, and money orders or (ii)securities or other negotiable instruments, in bearer form or otherwise.

"Person" includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation orjoint venture.

"Proceeds" means property acquired or derived, directly or indirectly,from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or omission andincludes property, real or personal, of any kind.

"Property" means anything of value, and includes any interest therein,including any benefit, privilege, claim or right with respect to anything ofvalue, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible.

(1999, c. 348; 2003, cc. 541, 549.)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-18-2 > Chapter-6 > 18-2-246-2

§ 18.2-246.2. Definitions.

"Conduct" or "conducts" includes initiating, concluding, participatingin, or assisting in a financial transaction.

"Financial transaction" means any purchase, sale, trade, loan, pledge,investment, gift, transfer, transmission, transportation, delivery, deposit,withdrawal, payment, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency,extension of credit, purchase or sale of monetary instruments, use of asafe-deposit box, or any other acquisition or disposition of monetaryinstruments by any means including the movement of funds by wire or otherelectronic means, which is knowingly designed in whole or in part to concealor disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of theproperty involved in the transaction.

"Monetary instruments" means (i) coin or currency of the United States orof any other country, travelers' checks, personal checks, bank checks,cashier's checks, credit cards, debit cards, and money orders or (ii)securities or other negotiable instruments, in bearer form or otherwise.

"Person" includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation orjoint venture.

"Proceeds" means property acquired or derived, directly or indirectly,from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or omission andincludes property, real or personal, of any kind.

"Property" means anything of value, and includes any interest therein,including any benefit, privilege, claim or right with respect to anything ofvalue, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible.

(1999, c. 348; 2003, cc. 541, 549.)