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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67275</law_id><section_number>18.2-172.1</section_number><catch_line>Falsifying or altering and fraudulently using transcripts or diplomas; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Forgery</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who materially falsifies or alters a <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or diploma from an institution of higher education and fraudulently uses the same for pecuniary gain or in furtherance of such person&#x2019;s education shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1983, c. 91.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
