False entries or destruction of records by officers (§ 18.2-472)—Virginia Decoded

False entries or destruction of records by officers

If a clerk of any court or other public officer fraudulently make a false entry, or erase, alter, secrete or destroy any record, including a microphotographic copy, in his keeping and belonging to his office, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall forfeit his office and be forever incapable of holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the Constitution of Virginia.

History

Code 1950, §§ 18.1-306, 18.1-307; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1977, c. 107.

Download

Court Decisions

Marshall v. Com. (COA, 05/03/11)
. . . or subsequent offense, in violation of Code § 18.2-472.1(B). On appeal, Marshall argues (i) the . . .

Johnson v. Com. (COA, 03/31/09)
. . . register as a sex offender, in violation of Code § 18.2-472.1.[1] Johnson argues that the trial . . .

Purvy v. Com. (COA, 12/13/11)
. . . in violation of Code § 18.2-472.1. Id. at 7-9. . . .

Carlton Shell v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 10/28/14)
. . . subsequent offense, in violation of Code § 18.2-472.1. On appeal, he asserts that the . . .

Harris v. Com. (COA, 03/04/09)
. . . the violation of Code § 18.2-472.1. . . .

Khalid Mohamed v. Eric Holder, Jr. (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 10/17/14)
. . . sex offender, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-472.1. . . .

Dickens v. Com. (COA, 07/29/08)
. . . a violent sex offender in violation of Code § 18.2-472.1 and the trial court imposed, but . . .

Gerald Lee Tucek v. Commonwealth (COA, 12/28/04)
. . . Code § 19.2-298.1, a Class 6 felony under Code § 18.2-472.1 applicable . . .

Robert Batten Dunham, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 02/21/12)
. . . register as a sex offender in violation of Code § 18.2-472.1. As a result of this separate . . .

Curtis Lee Mason v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 04/14/15)
. . . 53 Va. App. . . .

Court opinions are provided by CourtListener, which is developed by the Free Law Project.