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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350471</law_id><section_number>18.2-213.2</section_number><catch_line>Filing false lien or encumbrance against another</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="7">Miscellaneous False and Fraudulent Acts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who maliciously files a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or encumbrance in a public record against the real or personal property of another knowing that such <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or encumbrance is false is guilty of a Class 5 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> in its <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> or in a separate <span class="dictionary">order</span>, shall direct the clerk of any <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which a false <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or encumbrance has been filed to release from record such <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or encumbrance specifically described in the <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> or separate <span class="dictionary">order</span>, including any notice or <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of <span class="dictionary">lien</span>. Such <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or encumbrance shall be deemed invalid and shall be treated as if it was never filed.</p></section></text><history>2013, c. 454.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
