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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62599</law_id><section_number>58.1-11</section_number><catch_line>Oaths or affirmations unnecessary on returns; misdemeanor to make false return</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-1714</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="0">General Provisions of Title 58.1</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No return of any state or local tax need be verified by the <span class="dictionary">oath</span> or affirmation of the person or persons who are required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to sign the return but the signature of such person or persons to any such return shall be sufficient. Any such person who willfully subscribes any such return which he does not believe to be true and correct as to every <span class="dictionary">material</span> matter shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-27; 1972, c. 316; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
