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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 531 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 1987 \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 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0598\">598<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77912,"section_number":"2.2-3705.3","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Exclusions to application of chapter; records relating to administrative investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":259175,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57248,"identifier":"58.1-4018","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4018","url":"\/58.1-4018\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-4018\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4018","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited actions; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-4018","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who wrongfully and fraudulently uses, disposes of, conceals or embezzles any public money or funds associated with the operation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">lottery<\/span> shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. Any person who wrongfully and fraudulently tampers with any equipment or machinery used in the operation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">lottery<\/span> shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. Any person who makes inaccurate entries regarding a financial accounting of the <span class=\"dictionary\">lottery<\/span> in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to conceal the truth, defraud the Commonwealth and obtain money to which he is not entitled shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED ACTIONS; PENALTY (\u00a7 58.1-4018)\n\nAny person who wrongfully and fraudulently uses, disposes of, conceals or\nembezzles any public money or funds associated with the operation of the lottery\nshall be guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person who wrongfully and fraudulently\ntampers with any equipment or machinery used in the operation of the lottery\nshall be guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person who makes inaccurate entries\nregarding a financial accounting of the lottery in order to conceal the truth,\ndefraud the Commonwealth and obtain money to which he is not entitled shall be\nguilty of a Class 3 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 531; 2006, c. 598.","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}}