{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-161","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-161","heading":"Penalty for false swearing with regard to statement of indigence","body":"Any person charged with a felony who shall falsely swear or who shall execute the statement provided for in § 19.2-159 knowing such statement to be false, shall be guilty of perjury, punishable as a Class 5 felony.Any person charged with a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail who shall falsely swear or who shall execute the statement provided for in § 19.2-159 knowing such statement to be false shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.Code 1950, §§ 19.1-241.6, 19.1-241.12; 1964, c. 657; 1973, c. 316; 1975, c. 495.","path":["Title 19.2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 10. DISABILITY OF JUDGE OR ATTORNEY FOR COMMONWEALTH; COURT- APPOINTED COUNSEL; INTERPRETERS; TRANSCRIPTS","Article 3. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR ACCUSED"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-161/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"eb2b52dc1be2a149478ab78eb553f572ad19689bd0d85c9e2fa3a28a26680d63","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-160.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}