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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86909</law_id><section_number>19.2-152.16</section_number><catch_line>False statement to law-enforcement officer, etc.; 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="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9.2">Substantial Risk Orders</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who knowingly and willfully makes any materially false statement or representation to a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer or attorney for the Commonwealth who is in the course of conducting an investigation undertaken pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 887, 888.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
