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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-434 — What deemed perjury; punishment and penalty
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 1: Perjury, Code of Virginia.
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Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-434
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.
If any person to whom an oath is lawfully administered on any occasion willfully swears falsely on such occasion touching any material matter or thing, or if a person falsely make oath that any other person is 18 years of age or older in order to obtain a marriage license for such other person, or if any person in any written declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury pursuant to § 8.01-4.3 willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe is true, he is guilty of perjury, punishable as a Class 5 felony. Upon the conviction of any person for perjury, such person thereby shall be adjudged forever incapable of holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the Constitution of Virginia, or of serving as a juror.
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Is what deemed perjury a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?
What deemed perjury is a class 5 felony in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-434.
Which Virginia statute covers what deemed perjury?
What deemed perjury is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-434 (What deemed perjury; punishment and penalty).
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