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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68063</law_id><section_number>58.1-3238</section_number><catch_line>Failure to report change in use; misstatements in applications</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="32">Real Property Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Special Assessment for Land Preservation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person failing to report properly any change in use of property for which an application for use value taxation had been filed shall be liable for all such taxes, in such amounts and at such times as if he had complied herewith and assessments had been properly made, and he shall be liable for such penalties and interest thereon as may be provided by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>. Any person making a <span class="dictionary">material</span> misstatement of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> in any such application shall be liable for all such taxes, in such amounts and at such times as if such property had been assessed on the basis of fair market value as applied to other real estate in the taxing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, together with interest and penalties thereon. If such <span class="dictionary">material</span> misstatement was made with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defraud the locality, he shall be further assessed with an additional <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of 100 percent of such unpaid taxes.
		For purposes of this section and &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Application by property owners for assessment, etc., under ordinance; continuation of assessment, etc" href="/58.1-3234/">58.1-3234</a>, incorrect information on the following subjects will be considered <span class="dictionary">material</span> misstatements of <span class="dictionary">fact</span>:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The number and identities of the known owners of the property at the time of application; <a id="paragraph-246447" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3238/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The actual use of the property.
			The intentional misrepresentation of the number of acres in the parcel or the number of acres to be taxed according to use shall also be considered a <span class="dictionary">material</span> misstatement of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> for the purposes of this section and &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application by property owners for assessment, etc., under ordinance; continuation of assessment, etc" href="/58.1-3234/">58.1-3234</a>. <a id="paragraph-246448" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3238/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-769.10:1; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 172; 1982, c. 624; 1984, cc. 675, 681.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
