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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82290</law_id><section_number>18.2-504.1</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful change of name; punishment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-217</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="12">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Miscellaneous Offenses in General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any person residing in this Commonwealth changes his name or assumes another name, unlawfully, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-577.1; 1956, c. 402; 1973, c. 401; 1976, c. 115; 1977, c. 624.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
