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It shall be the duty of the local director, the Commissioner of Health or the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services to investigate alleged violations and enforce the provisions of this section. A warrant or summons may be issued for each violation of which the local director, the Commissioner of Health or the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services has knowledge. The local director, the Commissioner or the Director shall ensure that the attorney for the Commonwealth is notified of any investigation or alleged violation under this section. Trial for violations of this section shall be in the county or city from whose local department assistance was sought or obtained.\n\t\tIn any prosecution under the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful and sufficient in the same indictment or accusation to charge and therein to proceed against the accused for any number of distinct acts of such false statements, representations, impersonations or fraudulent devices that may have been committed by him within six months from the first to the last of the acts charged in the indictment or accusation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":213126,"text":"Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person in obtaining, by means of a willful false statement or representation, or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, public assistance or benefits from other programs designated under regulations of the Board, State Board of Health or the Board of Medical Assistance Services to which he is not entitled or who fails to comply with the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-513 is guilty of larceny. It shall be the duty of the local director, the Commissioner of Health or the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services to investigate alleged violations and enforce the provisions of this section. A warrant or summons may be issued for each violation of which the local director, the Commissioner of Health or the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services has knowledge. The local director, the Commissioner or the Director shall ensure that the attorney for the Commonwealth is notified of any investigation or alleged violation under this section. Trial for violations of this section shall be in the county or city from whose local department assistance was sought or obtained.\n\t\tIn any prosecution under the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful and sufficient in the same indictment or accusation to charge and therein to proceed against the accused for any number of distinct acts of such false statements, representations, impersonations or fraudulent devices that may have been committed by him within six months from the first to the last of the acts charged in the indictment or accusation.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14573,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14331,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:43","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:43","permalink":{"id":271057,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14573,"identifier":"5","token":"63.2\/II\/5","url":"\/63.2\/II\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14331,"edition_id":1,"name":"Public Assistance","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12789,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:46","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:46","permalink":{"id":271055,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14331,"identifier":"II","token":"63.2\/II","url":"\/63.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12789,"edition_id":1,"name":"Welfare (Social Services)","identifier":"63.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":270661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12789,"identifier":"63.2","token":"63.2","url":"\/63.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":57625,"structure_id":14573,"section_number":"63.2-500","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/63.2-500\/","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-500","metadata":false},{"id":75440,"structure_id":14573,"section_number":"63.2-501","catch_line":"Application for assistance","url":"\/63.2-501\/","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-501","metadata":false},{"id":83249,"structure_id":14573,"section_number":"63.2-501.1","catch_line":"Application for public assistance; 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It has been modified 11 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 1952, chapter 533; in 1962, chapter 621; in 1968, chapter 578; in 1972, chapter 659; in 1975, chapter 207; in 1978, chapters 535 and 672; in 1982, chapter 282; in 1984, chapter 578; in 1986, chapters 93 and 551; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0294\">294<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70279,"section_number":"63.2-513","catch_line":"Notification of change in circumstances","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-513\/"},{"id":61748,"section_number":"63.2-525","catch_line":"Payment by Department for legal services","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-525\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70279,"section_number":"63.2-513","catch_line":"Notification of change in circumstances","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-513\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271163,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58163,"identifier":"63.2-522","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-522","url":"\/63.2-522\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-522\/","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-522","dublin_core":{"Title":"False statements, representations, impersonations and fraudulent devices; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-522","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person in obtaining, by means of a willful false statement or representation, or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, <span class=\"dictionary\">public assistance<\/span> or benefits from other programs designated under regulations of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, State <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of Health or the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of Medical Assistance Services to which he is not entitled or who fails to comply with the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Notification of change in circumstances\" href=\"\/63.2-513\/\">63.2-513<\/a> is guilty of <span class=\"dictionary\">larceny<\/span>. It shall be the duty of the <span class=\"dictionary\">local director<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> of Health or the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services to investigate alleged violations and enforce the provisions of this section. A warrant or <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> may be issued for each violation of which the <span class=\"dictionary\">local director<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> of Health or the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services has knowledge. The <span class=\"dictionary\">local director<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> or the Director shall ensure that the attorney for the Commonwealth is notified of any investigation or alleged violation under this section. <span class=\"dictionary\">Trial<\/span> for violations of this section shall be in the county or city from whose <span class=\"dictionary\">local department<\/span> assistance was sought or obtained.\n\t\tIn any <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecution<\/span> under the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful and sufficient in the same <span class=\"dictionary\">indictment<\/span> or accusation to charge and therein to proceed against the <span class=\"dictionary\">accused<\/span> for any number of distinct acts of such false statements, representations, impersonations or fraudulent devices that may have been committed by him within six months from the first to the last of the acts charged in the <span class=\"dictionary\">indictment<\/span> or accusation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFALSE STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, IMPERSONATIONS AND FRAUDULENT DEVICES;\nPENALTY (\u00a7 63.2-522)\n\nWhoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person in\nobtaining, by means of a willful false statement or representation, or by\nimpersonation, or other fraudulent device, public assistance or benefits from\nother programs designated under regulations of the Board, State Board of Health\nor the Board of Medical Assistance Services to which he is not entitled or who\nfails to comply with the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-513 is guilty of larceny. It\nshall be the duty of the local director, the Commissioner of Health or the\nDirector of the Department of Medical Assistance Services to investigate alleged\nviolations and enforce the provisions of this section. A warrant or summons may\nbe issued for each violation of which the local director, the Commissioner of\nHealth or the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services has\nknowledge. The local director, the Commissioner or the Director shall ensure\nthat the attorney for the Commonwealth is notified of any investigation or\nalleged violation under this section. Trial for violations of this section shall\nbe in the county or city from whose local department assistance was sought or\nobtained.\n\t\tIn any prosecution under the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful\nand sufficient in the same indictment or accusation to charge and therein to\nproceed against the accused for any number of distinct acts of such false\nstatements, representations, impersonations or fraudulent devices that may have\nbeen committed by him within six months from the first to the last of the acts\ncharged in the indictment or accusation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 63-137, 63-140.14, 63-159, 63-201, 63-217; 1952, c.\n533; 1962, c. 621; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-124; 1972, c. 659; 1975, c. 207; 1978,\ncc. 535, 672; 1982, c. 282; 1984, c. 578; 1986, cc. 93, 551; 1995, c. 294; 2002,\nc. 747.","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}}