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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86258</law_id><section_number>24.2-1016</section_number><catch_line>False statements; penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-407</reference><reference>24.2-416.2</reference><reference>24.2-418</reference><reference>24.2-427</reference><reference>24.2-616</reference><reference>24.2-617</reference><reference>24.2-619</reference><reference>24.2-642</reference><reference>24.2-643</reference><reference>24.2-649</reference><reference>24.2-651</reference><reference>24.2-652</reference><reference>24.2-653</reference><reference>24.2-653.1</reference><reference>24.2-701</reference><reference>24.2-701.1</reference><reference>24.2-703.2</reference><reference>24.2-705</reference><reference>24.2-706</reference><reference>24.2-708</reference><reference>24.2-948.7</reference><reference>53.1-231.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Election Offenses Generally; Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any willfully false <span class="dictionary">material</span> statement or entry made by any person in any statement, form, or report required by this title shall constitute the <span class="dictionary">crime</span> of <span class="dictionary">election</span> <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> and be punishable as a Class 5 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. Any preprinted statement, form, or report shall include a statement of such unlawful conduct and the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> provided in this section.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 24-68; 1952, c. 341; 1958, c. 576; 1960, c. 288; 1962, c. 536; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.1-48, 24.1-279; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 205; 1972, c. 620; 1974, c. 428; 1975, c. 515; 1977, c. 490; 1978, c. 778; 1980, c. 639; 1989, c. 138; 1992, c. 433; 1993, c. 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
