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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80570</law_id><section_number>43-13.3</section_number><catch_line>An affidavit or a signed statement of payment required of owner prior to sale or refinance; 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="43">Mechanics' and Certain Other Liens</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who is the owner of a one- or two-family residential dwelling unit not included within the scope of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="When an affidavit or a signed statement of payment required of owner prior to sale" href="/43-13.2/">43-13.2</a> shall, at the time of <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> on the sale of such property, provide the purchaser, or lender in the case of a permanent loan or refinance, with an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> or a signed statement attested to by a <span class="dictionary">witness</span> stating either (i) that all persons performing labor or furnishing <span class="dictionary">materials</span> in connection with any improvements on such property within 120 days prior to the date of <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> and with whom such owner is in privity of <span class="dictionary">contract</span> have been paid in full, or (ii) the name, address and amount payable or claimed to be payable to any person so performing labor or furnishing <span class="dictionary">materials</span> and with whom such owner is in privity of <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. Any willful <span class="dictionary">material</span> misrepresentation in the <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> or signed statement attested to by a <span class="dictionary">witness</span> which causes a monetary loss to any financial institution, title company, or purchaser shall be punishable as a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 388; 2003, c. 400.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
