Virginia Code 18.2-505: Preparation, etc., of papers to be submitted for academic credit.
(a) No person shall prepare, cause to be prepared or sell any term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material for another person, for profit, with the knowledge, or under circumstances in which he should reasonably have known, that such term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material is to be submitted by any other person for academic credit at any public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 18.2-505
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: means any individual, partnership, corporation or association. See Virginia Code 18.2-506
- prepare: means to put into condition for intended use. See Virginia Code 18.2-506
(b) No person shall make or disseminate, with the intent to induce any other person to enter into any obligation relating thereto, any statement, written or oral, that he will prepare or cause to be prepared, any term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material, to be sold for profit, for or on behalf of any person who has been assigned the written preparation of such term paper, thesis, dissertation or other written material for academic credit at any public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.
Code 1950, § 18.1-371.1; 1974, c. 342; 1975, cc. 14, 15.