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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55907</law_id><section_number>18.2-204.1</section_number><catch_line>Fraudulent use of birth certificates, etc.; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-204.2</reference></referred_to_by><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="7">Miscellaneous False and Fraudulent Acts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who obtains or possesses a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. Any person who manufactures, sells, or transfers a fictitious birth certificate or the birth certificate of another for the purpose of establishing a false identity for himself or for another person is guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-204816" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-204.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as provided in subsection A, any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers any document for the purpose of establishing a false status, occupation, membership, license or identity for himself or any other person is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-204817" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-204.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers such birth certificate or document with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> that such certificate or document be used to purchase a firearm is guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-204818" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-204.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of state, federal, county, city or town <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agencies in the performance of their duties. <a id="paragraph-204819" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-204.1/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The provisions of this section shall not preclude <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> under any other <span class="dictionary">statute</span>. <a id="paragraph-204820" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-204.1/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1978, c. 615; 1979, c. 479; 1981, c. 593; 2003, cc. 889, 914, 918; 2006, c. 271; 2011, c. 401.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
