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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 431 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 1970 \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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195135,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79494,"identifier":"3.2-2314","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/23\/3.2-2314","url":"\/3.2-2314\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2314\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/23\/3.2-2314","dublin_core":{"Title":"Falsification of records; misdemeanor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2314","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It is a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> For any handler knowingly to report falsely to the Tax <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> the quantity of soybeans handled by him during any period. <a id=\"paragraph-284774\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-2314\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> For any handler to falsify the records of the soybeans handled by him. <a id=\"paragraph-284775\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-2314\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> For any handler to fail to preserve the records of the soybeans handled by him for at least three years from the time such soybeans are handled. <a id=\"paragraph-284776\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-2314\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFALSIFICATION OF RECORDS; MISDEMEANOR (\u00a7 3.2-2314)\n\nIt is a Class 1 misdemeanor:\n\n1. For any handler knowingly to report falsely to the Tax Commissioner the\nquantity of soybeans handled by him during any period.\n\n2. For any handler to falsify the records of the soybeans handled by him.\n\n3. For any handler to fail to preserve the records of the soybeans handled by\nhim for at least three years from the time such soybeans are handled.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 431, \u00a7 3.1-684.19; 2008, c. 860.","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}}