Virginia § 9.1-136 - Criminal penalty for violation
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 9.1-136 — Criminal penalty for violation, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9.1-136. Criminal penalty for violation
Any person who willfully and intentionally requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain criminal history record information under false pretenses, or who willfully and intentionally disseminates or seeks to disseminate criminal history record information to any agency or person in violation of this article or Chapter 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
1981, c. 632, § 9-195; 2001, c. 844.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9.1-136 ("Criminal penalty for violation") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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