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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66582,"section_number":"20-13","catch_line":"License and solemnization required","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-13\/"}],"permalink":{"id":166285,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72737,"identifier":"18.2-207","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-207","url":"\/18.2-207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-207\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Making false entry, etc., in marriage register, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any clerk of a court<\/span>, commissioner of the revenue, physician, surgeon, medical examiner or minister celebrating a marriage, or clerk or keeper of the records of any religious society, shall, in any book, register, record, certificate or copy which such person is by Title 20 (\u00a7 20-13<\/a> et seq.) required to keep, make, or give, knowingly make any false, erroneous, or fraudulent entry, record, registration, or written statement, he shall, for every such offense<\/span>, be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAKING FALSE ENTRY, ETC., IN MARRIAGE REGISTER, ETC (\u00a7 18.2-207)\n\nIf any clerk of a court, commissioner of the revenue, physician, surgeon,\nmedical examiner or minister celebrating a marriage, or clerk or keeper of the\nrecords of any religious society, shall, in any book, register, record,\ncertificate or copy which such person is by Title 20 (\u00a7 20-13 et seq.) required\nto keep, make, or give, knowingly make any false, erroneous, or fraudulent\nentry, record, registration, or written statement, he shall, for every such\noffense, be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-98; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","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}}