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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 454<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1393331,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350471,"identifier":"18.2-213.2","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-213.2","url":"\/18.2-213.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-213.2\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-213.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Filing false lien or encumbrance against another","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-213.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who maliciously files a lien<\/span> or encumbrance in a public record against the real or personal property of another knowing that such lien<\/span> or encumbrance is false is guilty of a Class 5 felony<\/span>. The court<\/span> in its conviction<\/span> order<\/span> or in a separate order<\/span>, shall direct the clerk of any jurisdiction<\/span> in which a false lien<\/span> or encumbrance has been filed to release from record such lien<\/span> or encumbrance specifically described in the conviction<\/span> order<\/span> or separate order<\/span>, including any notice or memorandum<\/span> of lien<\/span>. Such lien<\/span> or encumbrance shall be deemed invalid and shall be treated as if it was never filed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFILING FALSE LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE AGAINST ANOTHER (\u00a7 18.2-213.2)\n\nAny person who maliciously files a lien or encumbrance in a public record\nagainst the real or personal property of another knowing that such lien or\nencumbrance is false is guilty of a Class 5 felony. The court in its conviction\norder or in a separate order, shall direct the clerk of any jurisdiction in\nwhich a false lien or encumbrance has been filed to release from record such\nlien or encumbrance specifically described in the conviction order or separate\norder, including any notice or memorandum of lien. Such lien or encumbrance\nshall be deemed invalid and shall be treated as if it was never filed.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 454.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}