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Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0830\">830<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":375288,"section_number":"63.2-1202","catch_line":"Parental, or agency, consent required; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1202\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1498451,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375304,"identifier":"63.2-1217","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1217","url":"\/63.2-1217\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1217\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Provision of false information; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who knowingly and intentionally provides false information in writing and under <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span>, which is <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> to an <span class=\"dictionary\">adoptive placement<\/span> shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. 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