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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63070</law_id><section_number>9.1-147</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful conduct generally; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>9.1-142</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="9.1">Commonwealth Public Safety</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department of Criminal Justice Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Private Security Services Businesses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person to: <a id="paragraph-230020" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-147/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Practice any trade or profession licensed, certified or registered under this article without obtaining the necessary license, <span class="dictionary">certification</span> or <span class="dictionary">registration</span> required by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or regulation; <a id="paragraph-230021" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-147/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Materially misrepresent <span class="dictionary">facts</span> in an application for licensure, <span class="dictionary">certification</span> or <span class="dictionary">registration</span>; <a id="paragraph-230022" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-147/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Willfully refuse to furnish the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> information or records required or requested pursuant to <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or regulation; and <a id="paragraph-230023" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-147/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Violate any <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or regulation governing the practice of the private security services businesses or training schools regulated by this article. <a id="paragraph-230024" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-147/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who is convicted of willful violation of subsection A shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent <span class="dictionary">offense</span> under this section during a thirty-six-month period shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-230025" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-147/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1992, c. 578, &#xA7; 9-183.11; 1998, cc. 122, 807; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
