False statement to law-enforcement officer, etc.; penalty

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-152.16
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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 .
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