CODE OF VIRGINIA

OBTAINING CERTIFICATION AS SMALL, WOMEN-OWNED, OR MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS BY
DECEPTION; PENALTY (§ 18.2-213.1)

A. Except as otherwise provided by § 18.2-498.3, a person shall be guilty of a
Class 1 misdemeanor if, in the course of business, he:

   1.  Fraudulently obtains or retains certification as a small, women-owned, or
   minority-owned business;

   2.  Willfully makes a false statement knowing it to be untrue, whether by
   affidavit, report or other representation, to an official or employee of a
   public body for the purpose of influencing the certification or denial of
   certification of any business entity as a small, women-owned, or
   minority-owned business;

   3.  Willfully obstructs or impedes any agency official or employee who is
   investigating the qualifications of a business entity which has requested
   certification as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business; or

   4.  Fraudulently obtains public moneys reserved for or allocated or available
   to small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses.

B. For the purposes of this section, “minority-owned business,” and
“small business” and “women-owned business” shall have
the same meaning as those terms are defined in § 2.2-1604.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 689; 1989, c. 570; 2006, cc. 831, 921; 2009, c. 869; 2013, c.
482; 2015, cc. 696, 697.