Title 59.1. Trade and Commerce
Chapter 21. Business Opportunity Sales Act
§ 59.1-269. Penalty; limitation.
A. Any person who shall knowingly and willfully make, or cause to be made, any false statement in any disclosure statement or contract subject to the provisions of this chapter, or who shall knowingly and willfully commit any act prohibited by § 59.1-266 with the intent to defraud or to deceive a purchaser as to any material fact shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
B. Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement in any disclosure statement or contract subject to the provisions of this chapter or who shall commit any act prohibited by § 59.1-266 shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
C. No prosecution under this section shall be begun more than three years from the date of the alleged offense.
1979, c. 523.