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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363655</law_id><section_number>43-13.2</section_number><catch_line>When an affidavit or a signed statement of payment required of owner prior to sale</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>43-13.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="95" identifier="43">Mechanics' and Certain Other Liens</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A person who is both the owner of a one- or two-family residential dwelling unit and either a developer of such property, a contractor in connection with the development or improvement of such property or a contractor or subcontractor furnishing labor or <span class="dictionary">material</span> in connection with the development or improvement of such property shall, at the time of <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> on the sale of such property, provide the purchaser with an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> or a signed statement attested to by a <span class="dictionary">witness</span> stating either (i) that all persons performing labor or furnishing <span class="dictionary">materials</span> in connection with the improvements on such property and with whom such owner is in privity of <span class="dictionary">contract</span> have been paid in full or (ii) the name, address and amount payable or claimed to be payable to any person so performing labor or furnishing <span class="dictionary">materials</span> and with whom such owner is in privity of <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. Willful failure to provide such statement or any willful <span class="dictionary">material</span> misrepresentation with respect to such a statement which causes a monetary loss to a financial institution, title company, contractor, subcontractor, supplier, owner, mechanics&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">lien</span> agent or any other person or institution shall be punishable as a Class 5 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>1992, cc. 779, 787; 2003, c. 400.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
