{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-207","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-207","heading":"Making false entry, etc., in marriage register, etc","body":"If any clerk of a court, commissioner of the revenue, physician, surgeon, medical examiner or minister celebrating a marriage, or clerk or keeper of the records of any religious society, shall, in any book, register, record, certificate or copy which such person is by Title 20 (§ 20-13 et seq.) required to keep, make, or give, knowingly make any false, erroneous, or fraudulent entry, record, registration, or written statement, he shall, for every such offense, be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 18.1-98; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 6. CRIMES INVOLVING FRAUD","Article 7. MISCELLANEOUS FALSE AND FRAUDULENT ACTS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-207/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"2dbb7e982d62baaf9f27b858ff80b0273ab6f259bc31a2d12b0097b3b4fe0ef8","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-206","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}