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or any act of fraud punishable under this article.\n\nB\n\nAny person required to submit a certified statement as provided in subsection A above who knowingly makes a false statement shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1307512,"text":"The Commonwealth, or any department or agency thereof, and any local government or any department or agency thereof, may require that any person seeking, offering or agreeing to transact business or commerce with it, or seeking, offering or agreeing to receive any portion of the public funds or moneys, submit a certification that the offer or agreement or any claim resulting therefrom is not the result of, or affected by, any act of collusion with another person engaged in the same line of business or commerce; or any act of fraud punishable under this article.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1307513,"text":"Any person required to submit a certified statement as provided in subsection A above who knowingly makes a false statement shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":50213,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Governmental Frauds Act","identifier":"1.1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":2,"parent_id":50211,"metadata":{"child_laws":5,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:24:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:29","permalink":{"id":1391585,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50213,"identifier":"1.1","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1","url":"\/18.2\/12\/1.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50211,"edition_id":2,"name":"Miscellaneous","identifier":"12","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":11,"parent_id":50131,"metadata":{"child_laws":28,"child_structures":4},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:24:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:29","permalink":{"id":1391557,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50211,"identifier":"12","token":"18.2\/12","url":"\/18.2\/12\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50131,"edition_id":2,"name":"Crimes and Offenses Generally","identifier":"18.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":52,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":960,"child_structures":94},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:22:59","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:15","permalink":{"id":1391141,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50131,"identifier":"18.2","token":"18.2","url":"\/18.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":351061,"structure_id":50213,"section_number":"18.2-498.1","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/18.2-498.1\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.1","metadata":false},{"id":351062,"structure_id":50213,"section_number":"18.2-498.2","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/18.2-498.2\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.2","metadata":false},{"id":351063,"structure_id":50213,"section_number":"18.2-498.3","catch_line":"Misrepresentations prohibited","url":"\/18.2-498.3\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.3","metadata":false},{"id":351064,"structure_id":50213,"section_number":"18.2-498.4","catch_line":"Duty to provide certified statement","url":"\/18.2-498.4\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.4","metadata":false},{"id":351065,"structure_id":50213,"section_number":"18.2-498.5","catch_line":"Actions on behalf of Commonwealth or localities","url":"\/18.2-498.5\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.5","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":351063,"structure_id":50213,"section_number":"18.2-498.3","catch_line":"Misrepresentations prohibited","url":"\/18.2-498.3\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.3","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":351065,"structure_id":50213,"section_number":"18.2-498.5","catch_line":"Actions on behalf of Commonwealth or localities","url":"\/18.2-498.5\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.5","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/18.2-498.4\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 472 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. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1391599,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351064,"identifier":"18.2-498.4","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.4","url":"\/18.2-498.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-498.4\/","token":"18.2\/12\/1.1\/18.2-498.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty to provide certified statement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-498.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commonwealth, or any department or agency thereof, and any local government or any department or agency thereof, may require that any person<\/span> seeking, offering or agreeing to transact business or commerce with it, or seeking, offering or agreeing to receive any portion of the public funds or moneys, submit a certification that the offer or agreement or any claim resulting therefrom is not the result of, or affected by, any act of collusion with another person<\/span> engaged in the same line of business or commerce; or any act of fraud<\/span> punishable under this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person<\/span> required to submit a certified statement as provided in subsection A above who knowingly makes a false statement shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY TO PROVIDE CERTIFIED STATEMENT (\u00a7 18.2-498.4)\n\nA. The Commonwealth, or any department or agency thereof, and any local\ngovernment or any department or agency thereof, may require that any person\nseeking, offering or agreeing to transact business or commerce with it, or\nseeking, offering or agreeing to receive any portion of the public funds or\nmoneys, submit a certification that the offer or agreement or any claim\nresulting therefrom is not the result of, or affected by, any act of collusion\nwith another person engaged in the same line of business or commerce; or any act\nof fraud punishable under this article.\n\nB. Any person required to submit a certified statement as provided in subsection\nA above who knowingly makes a false statement shall be guilty of a Class 6\nfelony.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 472.","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"}}