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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 761 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72180,"section_number":"2.2-4377","catch_line":"Penalty for violation","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4377\/"}],"permalink":{"id":177399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78175,"identifier":"2.2-4375","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/6\/2.2-4375","url":"\/2.2-4375\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4375\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/6\/2.2-4375","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification of compliance required; penalty for false statements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4375","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Public bodies may require public employees<\/span> having official responsibility<\/span> for procurement transactions<\/span> in which they participated to annually submit for such transactions a written certification that they complied with the provisions of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any public employee<\/span> required to submit a certification as provided in subsection A who knowingly makes a false statement in the certification shall be punished as provided in § 2.2-4377<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE REQUIRED; PENALTY FOR FALSE STATEMENTS (\u00a7 2.2-4375)\n\nA. Public bodies may require public employees having official responsibility for\nprocurement transactions in which they participated to annually submit for such\ntransactions a written certification that they complied with the provisions of\nthis article.\n\nB. Any public employee required to submit a certification as provided in\nsubsection A who knowingly makes a false statement in the certification shall be\npunished as provided in § 2.2-4377.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 761, \u00a7 11-79.1; 2001, c. 844.","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}}