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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71503</law_id><section_number>58.1-3111</section_number><catch_line>Penalties</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="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="31">Local Officers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Commissioners of the Revenue</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who refuses to (i) furnish to the commissioner of the revenue access to books of account or other papers and records, (ii) furnish information to the commissioner of the revenue relating to the assessment of taxes, (iii) answer under <span class="dictionary">oath</span> questions touching any person&#x2019;s tax liability, or (iv) exhibit to the commissioner of the revenue any subject of taxation liable to assessment by the commissioner of the revenue, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. Each day&#x2019;s refusal to furnish such access or information shall constitute a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. No person other than the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> shall be convicted under this section unless he has willfully failed to comply with a <span class="dictionary">summons</span> properly issued under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Power to summon taxpayers and other persons" href="/58.1-3110/">58.1-3110</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-875; 1980, c. 317; 1984, c. 675; 1990, c. 162; 2002, c. 363.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
