Va. Code § 18.2-209

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 60
Section 18.2-209 - False publications

Any person who knowingly and willfully states, delivers or transmits by any means whatever to any publisher, or employee of a publisher, of any newspaper, magazine, or other publication or to any owner, or employee of an owner, of any radio station, television station, news service or cable service, any false and untrue statement, knowing the same to be false or untrue, concerning any person or corporation, with intent that the same shall be published, broadcast or otherwise disseminated, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Va. Code § 18.2-209

Code 1950, § 18.1-407; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 359.
Amended by Acts 1978, § c. 359.
Amended by Acts 1975, § cc. 14, 15.
Amended by Acts 1960, § c. 358.