{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-472","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-472","heading":"False entries or destruction of records by officers","body":"If a clerk of any court or other public officer fraudulently make a false entry, or erase, alter, secrete or destroy any record, including a microphotographic copy, in his keeping and belonging to his office, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall forfeit his office and be forever incapable of holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the Constitution of Virginia.Code 1950, §§ 18.1-306, 18.1-307; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1977, c. 107.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 10. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE","Article 6. INTERFERENCE WITH ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-472/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"6527d64c89dd021e9d5caa1fc0a272d718583351e8535e2e673609d5b7fc2ddf","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-471.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-472.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}