{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-3016","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 3016","heading":"False claim","body":"(a) A person shall not, in any matter within the jurisdiction of a supervisory union school district or of any commission, board, department, or agency of the State or a county or municipality, with intent to defraud, falsify, conceal, or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or with intent to defraud make any false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or representation as to a material fact, or with intent to defraud make or use any writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or entry as to a material fact.\n(b) A person who violates this section shall, if the prohibited act results in no loss to a governmental entity or benefit to the person or results in a loss to a governmental entity or benefit to the person of less than $500.00 in value, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. A person who violates this section shall, if the prohibited act results in a loss to any governmental entity or a benefit to the person of $500.00 or more in value, whether by a single act or by a common scheme or course of conduct involving one or more transactions, be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.\n(c) A person who commits an act punishable under 33 V.S.A. § 141(a) or (b) may not be prosecuted under this section.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 067: Public Justice and Public Officers"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/067/03016","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:58Z","sha256":"8c09373ef81fa35352d7041cd2097d44581317cb4536f034204e4c34e5b17ace","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-3015","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-3017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}