CODE OF VIRGINIA

FRAUD OR FALSE STATEMENTS IN APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE; PENALTIES (§ 46.2-348)

Any person who uses a false or fictitious name or gives a false or fictitious
address in any application for a driver’s license or escort vehicle driver
certificate, or any renewal or duplicate thereof, or knowingly makes a false
statement or conceals a material fact or otherwise commits a fraud during the
driver’s license examination, including for a commercial driver’s
license or commercial learner’s permit, or in his application is guilty of
a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, where the license is used, or the fact
concealed, or fraud is done, with the intent to purchase a firearm or use as
proof of residency under § 9.1-903, a violation of this section shall be
punishable as a Class 4 felony.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-381; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-385; 1981, c. 593; 1984, c.
780; 1989, c. 727; 1993, cc. 471, 501; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2013, cc. 165, 312,
477, 582; 2014, cc. 77, 803; 2015, c. 258.