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Code of Virginia
Title 19.2. Criminal Procedure
Chapter 9.2. Substantial Risk Orders

9/16/2026

§ 19.2-152.16. False statement to law-enforcement officer, etc.; penalty. (2026 updated section)

Any person who knowingly and willfully makes any materially false statement or representation to (i) a law-enforcement officer or attorney for the Commonwealth who is in the course of conducting an investigation undertaken pursuant to this chapter or (ii) a court or magistrate during the petitioning process pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

2020, cc. 887, 888; 2026, cc. 698, 699.

Virginia Law

Code of Virginia

§ 19.2-152.16. False statement to law-enforcement officer, etc.; penalty. (2026 updated section)