CODE OF VIRGINIA

FALSE STATEMENTS OR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE MATERIAL FACTS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AID OR
BENEFITS UNDER ANY LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (§
18.2-186.2)

Any person who (i) knowingly makes or causes to be made either directly or
indirectly or through any agent or agency, any false statement in writing with
the intent that it shall be relied upon, or fails to disclose any material fact
concerning the financial means or ability to pay of himself or of any other
person for whom he is acting, for the purpose of procuring aid and benefits
available under any local, state or federally funded housing assistance program,
or (ii) knowingly fails to disclose a change in circumstances in order to obtain
or continue to receive under any such program aid or benefits to which he is not
entitled or who knowingly aids and abets another person in the commission of any
such act is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 303.