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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 451; in 1979, chapter 711; in 1983, chapter 240; in 2013, chapter 534<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59473,"section_number":"32.1-269.1","catch_line":"Amending death certificates; change and correction of demographic information by affidavit or court order","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-269.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":204319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68116,"identifier":"32.1-276","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-276","url":"\/32.1-276\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-276\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-276","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalty imposed for violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-276","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Who willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a report, record, or certificate required to be filed under this chapter, or in an application for an amendment, certification or verification of any such report, record or certificate, or who willfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record, or certificate, or amendment thereof; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Who without lawful authority and with the intent<\/span> to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends<\/span>, or mutilates any report, record, or certificate required to be filed under this chapter or a certified copy of such report, record, or certificate; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Who willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record or report required by this chapter or certified copy thereof made, counterfeited, altered, amended, or mutilated or which is false in whole or part or which relates to the birth of another person<\/span> whether living or deceased without lawful authority; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Who is an employee of the State Registrar, the Department<\/span> of Health, or the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles while engaged in activities pertaining to the operation of the system of vital records<\/span> who, without lawful authority, willfully and knowingly furnishes or possesses any certificate, report, record, or certification thereof, with the knowledge or intention that it be used for the purposes of deception; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Who, without lawful authority, possesses any certificate, record, or report required by this chapter or a copy or certification of such certificate, record, or report knowing same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTY IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS (\u00a7 32.1-276)\n\nAny person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a Class 4 felony:\n\n1. Who willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a report, record, or\ncertificate required to be filed under this chapter, or in an application for an\namendment, certification or verification of any such report, record or\ncertificate, or who willfully and knowingly supplies false information intending\nthat such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record, or\ncertificate, or amendment thereof; or\n\n2. Who without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes,\ncounterfeits, alters, amends, or mutilates any report, record, or certificate\nrequired to be filed under this chapter or a certified copy of such report,\nrecord, or certificate; or\n\n3. [Repealed.]\n\n4. Who willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes or\nattempts to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, for any purpose\nof deception, any certificate, record or report required by this chapter or\ncertified copy thereof made, counterfeited, altered, amended, or mutilated or\nwhich is false in whole or part or which relates to the birth of another person\nwhether living or deceased without lawful authority; or\n\n5. [Repealed.]\n\n6. Who is an employee of the State Registrar, the Department of Health, or the\nDepartment of Motor Vehicles while engaged in activities pertaining to the\noperation of the system of vital records who, without lawful authority,\nwillfully and knowingly furnishes or possesses any certificate, report, record,\nor certification thereof, with the knowledge or intention that it be used for\nthe purposes of deception; or\n\n7. Who, without lawful authority, possesses any certificate, record, or report\nrequired by this chapter or a copy or certification of such certificate, record,\nor report knowing same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-353.31; 1960, c. 451; 1979, c. 711; 1983, c. 240;\n2013, c. 534.","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}}