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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 1974, chapter 342; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69475,"section_number":"18.2-507","catch_line":"Injunctions against violation of \u00a7 18.2-505","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-507\/"},{"id":83067,"section_number":"18.2-508","catch_line":"Penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-508\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164645,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55081,"identifier":"18.2-505","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-505","url":"\/18.2-505\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-505\/","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-505","dublin_core":{"Title":"Preparation, etc., of papers to be submitted for academic credit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-505","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> No person shall prepare, cause to be prepared or sell any term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material<\/span> for another person, for profit, with the knowledge, or under circumstances in which he should reasonably have known, that such term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material<\/span> is to be submitted by any other person for academic credit at any public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> No person shall make or disseminate, with the intent<\/span> to induce any other person to enter into any obligation relating thereto, any statement, written or oral, that he will prepare or cause to be prepared, any term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material<\/span>, to be sold for profit, for or on behalf of any person who has been assigned the written preparation of such term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material<\/span> for academic credit at any public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPREPARATION, ETC., OF PAPERS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT (\u00a7 18.2-505)\n\na. No person shall prepare, cause to be prepared or sell any term paper, thesis,\ndissertation or other written material for another person, for profit, with the\nknowledge, or under circumstances in which he should reasonably have known, that\nsuch term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material is to be\nsubmitted by any other person for academic credit at any public or private\ninstitution of higher education in the Commonwealth.\n\nb. No person shall make or disseminate, with the intent to induce any other\nperson to enter into any obligation relating thereto, any statement, written or\noral, that he will prepare or cause to be prepared, any term paper, thesis,\ndissertation or other written material, to be sold for profit, for or on behalf\nof any person who has been assigned the written preparation of such term paper,\nthesis, dissertation or other written material for academic credit at any public\nor private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-371.1; 1974, c. 342; 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}}