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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68143</law_id><section_number>58.1-2710</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for false statements</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="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="27">Road Tax on Motor Carriers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who willfully and knowingly makes a false statement orally, or in writing, or in the form of a receipt for the sale of motor fuel, for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain or to assist any other person, partnership or corporation to obtain or attempt to obtain a credit or refund or reduction of liability for taxes under this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-629.2; 1952, c. 281; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
