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Any person who manufactures, sells, or transfers a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself or for another person is guilty of a Class 6 felony.B\n\nExcept as provided in subsection A, any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers any document for the purpose of establishing a false status, occupation, membership, license or identity for himself or any other person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.C\n\nAny person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers such birth certificate or document with the intent that such certificate or document be used to purchase a firearm is guilty of a Class 6 felony.D\n\nThe provisions of this section shall not apply to members of state, federal, county, city or town law-enforcement agencies in the performance of their duties.E\n\nThe provisions of this section shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":204816,"text":"Any person who obtains or possesses a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person who manufactures, sells, or transfers a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself or for another person is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":204817,"text":"Except as provided in subsection A, any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers any document for the purpose of establishing a false status, occupation, membership, license or identity for himself or any other person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":204818,"text":"Any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers such birth certificate or document with the intent that such certificate or document be used to purchase a firearm is guilty of a Class 6 felony.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":204819,"text":"The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of state, federal, county, city or town law-enforcement agencies in the performance of their duties.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":204820,"text":"The provisions of this section shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13672,"edition_id":1,"name":"Miscellaneous False and Fraudulent Acts","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13358,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:31","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:31","permalink":{"id":166243,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13672,"identifier":"7","token":"18.2\/6\/7","url":"\/18.2\/6\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13358,"edition_id":1,"name":"Crimes Involving Fraud","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12972,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","permalink":{"id":165933,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13358,"identifier":"6","token":"18.2\/6","url":"\/18.2\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12972,"edition_id":1,"name":"Crimes and Offenses Generally","identifier":"18.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","permalink":{"id":164139,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12972,"identifier":"18.2","token":"18.2","url":"\/18.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":81356,"structure_id":13672,"section_number":"18.2-200","catch_line":"Failure to perform promise to deliver crop, etc., in return for advances","url":"\/18.2-200\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-200","metadata":false},{"id":71799,"structure_id":13672,"section_number":"18.2-200.1","catch_line":"Failure to perform promise for construction, etc., in return for advances","url":"\/18.2-200.1\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-200.1","metadata":false},{"id":60377,"structure_id":13672,"section_number":"18.2-201","catch_line":"Advances secured by fraudulent promise to perform agricultural labor","url":"\/18.2-201\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-201","metadata":false},{"id":59136,"structure_id":13672,"section_number":"18.2-202","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/18.2-202\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-202","metadata":false},{"id":86425,"structure_id":13672,"section_number":"18.2-204","catch_line":"False statement for the purpose of defrauding industrial sick benefit company","url":"\/18.2-204\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-204","metadata":false},{"id":55907,"structure_id":13672,"section_number":"18.2-204.1","catch_line":"Fraudulent use of birth certificates, etc.; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 615 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1979, chapter 479; in 1981, chapter 593; in 2003, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0889\">889<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0914\">914<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0918\">918<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0271\">271<\/a>; in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0401\">401<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60977,"section_number":"18.2-204.2","catch_line":"Manufacture, sale, etc., or possession of fictitious, facsimile or simulated official license or identification; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-204.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166265,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55907,"identifier":"18.2-204.1","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-204.1","url":"\/18.2-204.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-204.1\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-204.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fraudulent use of birth certificates, etc.; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-204.1","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 obtains or possesses a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. Any person who manufactures, sells, or transfers a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself or for another person is guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-204816\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-204.1\/#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> Except as provided in subsection A, any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers any document for the purpose of establishing a false status, occupation, membership, license or identity for himself or any other person is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-204817\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-204.1\/#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> Any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers such birth certificate or document with the <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> that such certificate or document be used to purchase a firearm is guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-204818\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-204.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of state, federal, county, city or town <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agencies in the performance of their duties. <a id=\"paragraph-204819\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-204.1\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> The provisions of this section shall not preclude <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecution<\/span> under any other <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-204820\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-204.1\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFRAUDULENT USE OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES, ETC.; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-204.1)\n\nA. Any person who obtains or possesses a fictitious birth certificate or the\nbirth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity\nfor himself is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person who manufactures,\nsells, or transfers a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of\nanother for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself or for\nanother person is guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nB. Except as provided in subsection A, any person who obtains, possesses, sells,\nor transfers any document for the purpose of establishing a false status,\noccupation, membership, license or identity for himself or any other person is\nguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nC. Any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers such birth certificate\nor document with the intent that such certificate or document be used to\npurchase a firearm is guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nD. The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of state, federal,\ncounty, city or town law-enforcement agencies in the performance of their\nduties.\n\nE. The provisions of this section shall not preclude prosecution under any other\nstatute.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 615; 1979, c. 479; 1981, c. 593; 2003, cc. 889, 914, 918;\n2006, c. 271; 2011, c. 401.","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}}