Code of Virginia - Title 63.2 Welfare (Social Services) - Section 63.2-1513 Knowingly making false reports; penalties

§ 63.2-1513. Knowingly making false reports; penalties

A. Any person fourteen years of age or older who makes or causes to be made a report of child abuse or neglect pursuant to this chapter that he knows to be false shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person fourteen years of age or older who has been previously convicted under this subsection and who is subsequently convicted under this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

B. The child-protective services records regarding the person who was alleged to have committed abuse or neglect that result from a report for which a conviction is obtained under this section shall be purged immediately by any custodian of such records upon presentation to the custodian of a certified copy of such conviction. After purging the records, the custodian shall notify the person in writing that such records have been purged.

(1996, cc. 813, 836, § 63.1-248.5:1.01; 1999, c. 828; 2002, c. 747.)

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