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Prior to making any such determination, the Board shall give the member or beneficiary reasonable prior written notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000 et seq.). Any member or beneficiary aggrieved by such determination of the Board shall be entitled to judicial review pursuant to Article 5 (\u00a7 2.2-4025 et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":206595,"text":"Any payment to a member or beneficiary which is later determined by the Board to have been procured on the basis of any false statement or falsification of any Retirement System record knowingly made by or on behalf of the member or beneficiary, or the member’s or beneficiary’s failure to make any required report of change in disability status, may be recovered from the member or beneficiary by the Board either by way of a credit against future payments due the member or beneficiary, by an action at law against the member or beneficiary, or by deducting any overpayment of benefits from insurance proceeds as provided in \u00a7 51.1-510. 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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 657<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":69646,"section_number":"2.2-4025","catch_line":"Exemptions operation of this article; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4025\/"},{"id":81121,"section_number":"51.1-510","catch_line":"Insurance exempt from process","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-510\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235049,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56421,"identifier":"51.1-124.11","token":"51.1\/1\/1.1\/51.1-124.11","url":"\/51.1-124.11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-124.11\/","token":"51.1\/1\/1.1\/51.1-124.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recovery of payments procured by fraud, false statement, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-124.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any payment to a member<\/span> or beneficiary<\/span> which is later determined by the Board<\/span> to have been procured on the basis of any false statement or falsification of any Retirement System<\/span> record knowingly made by or on behalf of the member<\/span> or beneficiary<\/span>, or the member<\/span>’s or beneficiary<\/span>’s failure to make any required report of change in disability status, may be recovered from the member<\/span> or beneficiary<\/span> by the Board<\/span> either by way of a credit against future payments due the member<\/span> or beneficiary<\/span>, by an action at law<\/span> against the member<\/span> or beneficiary<\/span>, or by deducting any overpayment of benefits from insurance proceeds as provided in \u00a7 51.1-510<\/a>. Prior to making any such determination, the Board<\/span> shall give the member<\/span> or beneficiary<\/span> reasonable prior written notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.). Any member<\/span> or beneficiary<\/span> aggrieved by such determination of the Board<\/span> shall be entitled to judicial review pursuant to Article 5 (\u00a7 2.2-4025<\/a> et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECOVERY OF PAYMENTS PROCURED BY FRAUD, FALSE STATEMENT, ETC (\u00a7 51.1-124.11)\n\nAny payment to a member or beneficiary which is later determined by the Board to\nhave been procured on the basis of any false statement or falsification of any\nRetirement System record knowingly made by or on behalf of the member or\nbeneficiary, or the member’s or beneficiary’s failure to make any\nrequired report of change in disability status, may be recovered from the member\nor beneficiary by the Board either by way of a credit against future payments\ndue the member or beneficiary, by an action at law against the member or\nbeneficiary, or by deducting any overpayment of benefits from insurance proceeds\nas provided in \u00a7 51.1-510. Prior to making any such determination, the Board\nshall give the member or beneficiary reasonable prior written notice and an\nopportunity to be heard in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative\nProcess Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000 et seq.). Any member or beneficiary aggrieved by such\ndetermination of the Board shall be entitled to judicial review pursuant to\nArticle 5 (\u00a7 2.2-4025 et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 657.","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}}