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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 178<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2006, chapter 143<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":354796,"section_number":"22.1-3","catch_line":"Persons to whom public schools shall be free","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-3\/"},{"id":354938,"section_number":"22.1-5","catch_line":"Regulations concerning admission of certain persons to schools; tuition charges","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1409195,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354571,"identifier":"22.1-264.1","token":"22.1\/14\/1\/22.1-264.1","url":"\/22.1-264.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-264.1\/","token":"22.1\/14\/1\/22.1-264.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Misdemeanor to make false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-264.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the residency of a child, as determined by \u00a7 22.1-3<\/a>, in a particular school division or school attendance zone, for the purposes of (i) avoiding the tuition charges authorized by \u00a7 22.1-5<\/a> or (ii) enrollment in a school outside the attendance zone in which the student resides, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span> 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 \u00a7 22.1-5<\/a>, for the time the student was enrolled in such school division.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMISDEMEANOR TO MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS AS TO SCHOOL DIVISION OR ATTENDANCE ZONE\nRESIDENCY; PENALTY (\u00a7 22.1-264.1)\n\nAny person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the residency of a\nchild, as determined by \u00a7 22.1-3, in a particular school division or school\nattendance zone, for the purposes of (i) avoiding the tuition charges authorized\nby \u00a7 22.1-5 or (ii) enrollment in a school outside the attendance zone in which\nthe student resides, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor and shall be\nliable to the school division in which the child was enrolled as a result of\nsuch false statements for tuition charges, pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-5, for the time\nthe student was enrolled in such school division.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 178; 2006, c. 143.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}