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investment advisory services or with intent to deceive the Commission as to any material fact for the purpose of inducing the Commission to take any action or refrain from taking any action pursuant to this chapter, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.B\n\nAny person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement in any book of account or other paper of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter or exhibit any false paper to the Commission or who shall commit any act declared unlawful by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.C\n\nProsecutions under this section shall be instituted by indictments in the courts of record having jurisdiction of felonies within three years from the date of the offense.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":251480,"text":"Any person who shall knowingly and willfully make, or cause to be made, any false statement in any book of account or other paper of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, or 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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 428; in 1977, chapter 484; in 1987, chapter 678.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77143,"section_number":"19.2-215.1","catch_line":"Functions of a multi-jurisdiction grand jury","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-215.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":149915,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69562,"identifier":"13.1-520","token":"13.1\/5\/5\/13.1-520","url":"\/13.1-520\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-520\/","token":"13.1\/5\/5\/13.1-520","dublin_core":{"Title":"Crimes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-520","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any person who shall knowingly and willfully make, or cause to be made, any false statement in any book of account or other paper of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, or knowingly and willfully exhibit any false paper to the Commission, or who shall knowingly and willfully commit any act declared unlawful by this chapter, with the <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to defraud any purchaser of securities or user of investment advisory services or with <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to deceive the Commission as to any <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> for the purpose of inducing the Commission to take any action or refrain from taking any action pursuant to this chapter, shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-251480\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-520\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement in any book of account or other paper of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter or exhibit any false paper to the Commission or who shall commit any act declared unlawful by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-251481\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-520\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Prosecutions<\/span> under this section shall be instituted by <span class=\"dictionary\">indictments<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> of record having <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> of felonies within three years from the date of the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-251482\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-520\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRIMES (\u00a7 13.1-520)\n\nA. Any person who shall knowingly and willfully make, or cause to be made, any\nfalse statement in any book of account or other paper of any person subject to\nthe provisions of this chapter, or knowingly and willfully exhibit any false\npaper to the Commission, or who shall knowingly and willfully commit any act\ndeclared unlawful by this chapter, with the intent to defraud any purchaser of\nsecurities or user of investment advisory services or with intent to deceive the\nCommission as to any material fact for the purpose of inducing the Commission to\ntake any action or refrain from taking any action pursuant to this chapter,\nshall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.\n\nB. Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement\nin any book of account or other paper of any person subject to the provisions of\nthis chapter or exhibit any false paper to the Commission or who shall commit\nany act declared unlawful by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1\nmisdemeanor.\n\nC. Prosecutions under this section shall be instituted by indictments in the\ncourts of record having jurisdiction of felonies within three years from the\ndate of the offense.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 13-152, 13-155; 1956, c. 428; 1977, c. 484; 1987, c.\n678.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}