{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/54.1-102.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/54.1-102.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/54.1-102.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/54.1-102.html"}],"law_id":76077,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76077,"structure_id":12982,"section_number":"54.1-102","catch_line":"Unlawful procurement of certificate, license or permit; unauthorized possession of examination or answers; penalty","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 54-1.1, 54-1.2; 1988, c. 765; 2012, c. 416.","full_text":"A\n\nIt shall be unlawful:1\n\nFor any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal means, a certificate, license or permit, from any state board, or other body charged by law with the responsibility of examining persons desiring to engage in a regulated business or profession;2\n\nFor any person, other than a member or officer of the board or body, to procure or have in his possession prior to the beginning of an examination, without written authority of a member or officer of the board or body, any question intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to receive or furnish to any person taking the examination, prior to or during the examination, any written or printed material purporting to be answers to, or aid in answering such questions;3\n\nFor any person to attempt to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal means, any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or the answers to the questions;4\n\nFor any person to use, disclose or release any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to release the answers to the questions, beyond the scope specifically authorized by the board or body; or5\n\nTo promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or answers.\n\t\t\t\tIf an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section.B\n\nAny person violating the provisions of subsection A shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":273032,"text":"It shall be unlawful:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":273033,"text":"For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal means, a certificate, license or permit, from any state board, or other body charged by law with the responsibility of examining persons desiring to engage in a regulated business or profession;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":273034,"text":"For any person, other than a member or officer of the board or body, to procure or have in his possession prior to the beginning of an examination, without written authority of a member or officer of the board or body, any question intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to receive or furnish to any person taking the examination, prior to or during the examination, any written or printed material purporting to be answers to, or aid in answering such questions;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":273035,"text":"For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal means, any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or the answers to the questions;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":273036,"text":"For any person to use, disclose or release any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to release the answers to the questions, beyond the scope specifically authorized by the board or body; 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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 1988, chapter 765; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0416\">416<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239335,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76077,"identifier":"54.1-102","token":"54.1\/I\/1\/54.1-102","url":"\/54.1-102\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-102\/","token":"54.1\/I\/1\/54.1-102","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful procurement of certificate, license or permit; unauthorized possession of examination or answers; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-102","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful: <a id=\"paragraph-273032\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-102\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft, <span class=\"dictionary\">fraud<\/span> or other illegal means, a certificate, license or permit, from any state board, or other body charged by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> with the responsibility of examining persons desiring to engage in a regulated business or profession; <a id=\"paragraph-273033\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-102\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> For any person, other than a member or officer of the board or body, to procure or have in his <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> prior to the beginning of an examination, without written authority of a member or officer of the board or body, any question intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to receive or furnish to any person taking the examination, prior to or during the examination, any written or printed <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> purporting to be answers to, or aid in answering such questions; <a id=\"paragraph-273034\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-102\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, <span class=\"dictionary\">fraud<\/span> or other illegal means, any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or the answers to the questions; <a id=\"paragraph-273035\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-102\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> For any person to use, disclose or release any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to release the answers to the questions, beyond the scope specifically authorized by the board or body; or <a id=\"paragraph-273036\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-102\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or answers.\n\t\t\t\tIf an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section. <a id=\"paragraph-273037\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-102\/#A5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any person violating the provisions of subsection A shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-273038\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-102\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL PROCUREMENT OF CERTIFICATE, LICENSE OR PERMIT; UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION\nOF EXAMINATION OR ANSWERS; PENALTY (\u00a7 54.1-102)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful:\n\n   1. For any person to procure, or assist another to procure, through theft,\n   fraud or other illegal means, a certificate, license or permit, from any state\n   board, or other body charged by law with the responsibility of examining\n   persons desiring to engage in a regulated business or profession;\n\n   2. For any person, other than a member or officer of the board or body, to\n   procure or have in his possession prior to the beginning of an examination,\n   without written authority of a member or officer of the board or body, any\n   question intended to be used by the board or body conducting the examination,\n   or to receive or furnish to any person taking the examination, prior to or\n   during the examination, any written or printed material purporting to be\n   answers to, or aid in answering such questions;\n\n   3. For any person to attempt to procure, through theft, fraud or other illegal\n   means, any questions intended to be used by the board or body conducting the\n   examination, or the answers to the questions;\n\n   4. For any person to use, disclose or release any questions intended to be\n   used by the board or body conducting the examination, or to release the\n   answers to the questions, beyond the scope specifically authorized by the\n   board or body; or\n\n   5. To promise or offer any valuable or other consideration to a person having\n   access to the questions or answers as an inducement to procure for delivery to\n   the promisor, or any other person, a copy or copies of any questions or\n   answers.\n   \t\t\t\tIf an examination is divided into separate parts, each of the parts shall\n   be deemed an examination for the purposes of this section.\n\nB. Any person violating the provisions of subsection A shall be guilty of a\nClass 2 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 54-1.1, 54-1.2; 1988, c. 765; 2012, c. 416.","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}}