Evidencia en acciones de acusación maliciosa tras emisión de cheque sin fondos

Explicación Simple

Si alguien te acusa por un cheque que no puedes pagar, necesitan pruebas claras. Si no hay pruebas escritas en el cheque, no se pueden usar declaraciones de otras personas.

Es como cuando prestas un libro y te dicen que no lo devolverán. Si no hay un acuerdo escrito, no puedes reclamarlo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan le da un cheque a su amigo Pedro para pagar una deuda. El banco rechaza el cheque. Si Pedro quiere demandar a Juan, necesita que el cheque tenga un acuerdo escrito sobre el pago; de lo contrario, no podrá usar lo que dijo Juan para acusarlo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 18.2-185 - Evidence and presumptions in malicious prosecution actions after issuance of bad check. In any civil action growing out of an arrest under § 18.2-181 or § 18.2-182 , no evidence of statements or representations as to the status of the check, draft, order or deposit involved, or of any collateral agreement with reference to the check, draft, or order, shall be admissible unless such statements, or representations, or collateral agreement, be written upon the instrument at the time it is given by the drawer. If payment of any check, draft, or order for the payment of money be refused by the bank, banking institution, trust company or other depository upon which such instrument is drawn, and the person who drew or uttered such instrument be arrested or prosecuted under the provisions of § 18.2-181 or § 18.2-182 , for failure or refusal to pay such instrument, the one who arrested or caused such person to be arrested and prosecuted, or either, shall be conclusively deemed to have acted with reasonable or probable cause in any suit for damages that may be brought by the person who drew or uttered such instrument, if the one who arrested or caused such person to be arrested and prosecuted, or either, shall have, before doing so, presented or caused such instrument to be presented to the depository on which it was drawn where it was refused, and then waited five days after notice, as provided in § 18.2-183 , without the amount due under the provisions of such instrument being paid. Code 1950, § 6.1-118; 1966, c. 584; 1975, cc. 14, 15. Article 5. False Representations to Obtain Property or Credit.