Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org8286855.1-1009Falsifying settlement statements prohibited2025Property and ConveyancesReal Estate Settlements and RecordationReal Estate Settlement Agents

No settlement agent shall intentionally make any materially false or misleading statement or entry on a settlement statement or closing disclosure. An estimate of charges made in good faith by a settlement agent, and indicated as such on the settlement statement or closing disclosure, shall not be deemed to be a violation of this section.

2000, c. 549, § 6.1-2.23:1; 2010, c. 794, § 55-525.25; 2016, c. 619; 2019, c. 712.