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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-174.2 — Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 2: Impersonation, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-174.2
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
A. For the purposes of this section, "any local, town, city, or county elected official" includes constitutional officers.
B. No person shall willfully and intentionally (i) falsely assume or exercise the functions, powers, duties, and privileges incident to the office of any local, town, city, or county elected official; (ii) falsely assume or pretend to be any such elected official with intent to defraud or obtain access, information, service, or thing of value; or (iii) impersonate any such elected official with the intent to make another believe he is such elected official with intent to defraud or obtain access, information, service, or thing of value.
C. A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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