Misdemeanor to make false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty

Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-264.1

in effect

Any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the residency of a child, as determined by § 22.1-3 , in a particular school division or school attendance zone, for the purposes of (i) avoiding the tuition charges authorized by § 22.1-5 or (ii) enrollment in a school outside the attendance zone in which the student resides, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor and shall be liable to the school division in which the child was enrolled as a result of such false statements for tuition charges, pursuant to § 22.1-5 , for the time the student was enrolled in such school division. 2005, c. 178 ; 2006, c. 143 .

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