Fraud / Forgery in Virginia
23,375 cases across 107 jurisdictions · 2023–2024
According to 23,375 public court records from 2023–2024, Fraud / Forgery cases across 107 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 64.4% and an average conviction rate of 35.1%. Statewide, 4.4% of Fraud / Forgery charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $272.
Facing Fraud / Forgery charges in Virginia? Dismissal rates range from 0.0% to 97.0% depending on the court. An attorney who knows your court can tell you what this means — free, no obligation.
Ask a Virginia attorney — freeDismissal rate includes judicial dismissals and nolle prosequi (prosecutor-dropped cases). Conviction rate includes guilty pleas and findings of guilt at trial. Rates are averaged across 107 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2023–2024 public court records. Last updated: December 2024
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax County | 1,607 | 92.7% | 7.3% | 6.2 months | $244 | 5.7 months |
| Chesapeake | 956 | 69.8% | 30.0% | 5.1 months | — | 2.5 years |
| Henrico County | 887 | 72.9% | 26.2% | 3.7 months | $100 | 3.3 years |
| Newport News | 740 | 88.9% | 10.3% | 5.1 months | $175 | 3.9 years |
| Tazewell County | 731 | 69.5% | 30.5% | 7.8 months | $133 | 1.8 years |
| Virginia Beach | 709 | 54.2% | 45.1% | 4.5 months | $210 | 1.7 years |
| Chesterfield County | 677 | 75.5% | 24.0% | 4.2 months | $317 | 2.9 years |
| Prince William County | 638 | 77.1% | 22.0% | 5.8 months | $150 | 1.7 years |
| Danville | 597 | 63.1% | 35.8% | 3.0 months | $170 | 3.0 years |
| Rockingham County | 556 | 59.8% | 40.2% | 4.2 months | — | 2.9 years |
| Norfolk | 549 | 79.4% | 18.4% | 4.8 months | $533 | 1.7 years |
| Loudoun County | 532 | 79.7% | 20.3% | 4.9 months | $470 | 1.5 years |
| Montgomery County | 463 | 58.7% | 40.0% | 4.2 months | $480 | 2.6 years |
| Lynchburg | 434 | 60.5% | 39.5% | 8.1 months | $50 | 1.8 years |
| Staunton | 417 | 45.8% | 54.2% | 4.0 months | $200 | 4.5 years |
| Suffolk | 417 | 74.0% | 24.3% | 4.4 months | $250 | 2.0 years |
| Stafford County | 398 | 66.1% | 33.5% | 4.0 months | $375 | 2.3 years |
| Richmond City | 370 | 75.8% | 23.9% | 3.7 months | $180 | 2.6 years |
| Frederick County | 353 | 36.6% | 63.4% | 6.7 months | $182 | 1.7 years |
| Bristol | 343 | 28.4% | 71.6% | 7.4 months | $243 | 2.2 years |
| Fredericksburg | 339 | 72.3% | 25.7% | 2.3 months | $100 | 2.5 years |
| Washington County | 335 | 52.5% | 47.5% | 5.2 months | $183 | 3.2 years |
| Arlington County | 318 | 83.1% | 16.9% | 4.4 months | $544 | 1.9 years |
| Wise County | 316 | 72.8% | 27.2% | 5.8 months | $540 | 13.4 years |
| Wythe County | 309 | 25.6% | 74.4% | 7.7 months | $417 | 5.9 years |
| Hanover County | 304 | 60.9% | 39.1% | 3.5 months | $214 | 3.5 years |
| Spotsylvania County | 282 | 47.9% | 52.1% | 3.7 months | $438 | 1.6 years |
| Pulaski County | 272 | 63.3% | 36.7% | 5.8 months | $100 | 2.4 years |
| Warren County | 266 | 38.6% | 61.4% | 4.5 months | — | 1.6 years |
| Scott County | 258 | 31.9% | 68.1% | 1.0 years | $625 | 7.0 years |
| Augusta County | 244 | 39.0% | 61.0% | 3.9 months | $150 | 4.6 years |
| Roanoke County | 230 | 68.8% | 30.4% | 3.0 months | — | 1.7 years |
| Hampton | 229 | 56.8% | 40.7% | 5.1 months | $50 | 2.1 years |
| Williamsburg | 216 | 66.9% | 32.4% | 3.2 months | $250 | 4.0 years |
| Colonial Heights | 205 | 80.7% | 17.5% | 4.2 months | — | 3.8 years |
| Petersburg | 205 | 74.6% | 21.3% | 7.0 months | — | 3.9 years |
| Alleghany County | 204 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 3.7 months | — | 1.7 years |
| Waynesboro | 203 | 45.0% | 55.0% | 3.8 months | — | 5.2 years |
| York County | 187 | 73.6% | 22.9% | 3.9 months | $1,250 | 1.9 years |
| Fauquier County | 185 | 73.8% | 26.2% | 5.6 months | $87 | 1.5 years |
| Franklin County | 185 | 62.0% | 37.2% | 4.4 months | $800 | 1.9 years |
| Rockbridge County | 184 | 69.2% | 30.8% | 5.4 months | $200 | 3.0 years |
| Carroll County | 170 | 52.8% | 47.2% | 6.3 months | $500 | 6.1 years |
| Henry County | 170 | 55.3% | 39.4% | 4.3 months | $100 | 2.2 years |
| Botetourt County | 165 | 41.6% | 58.4% | 4.5 months | $500 | 2.2 years |
| Pittsylvania County | 152 | 50.8% | 46.2% | 4.2 months | $250 | 3.1 years |
| Mecklenburg County | 151 | 43.4% | 56.6% | 6.6 months | $500 | 6.4 years |
| Page County | 146 | 15.0% | 85.0% | 5.1 months | — | 2.3 years |
| Greensville County | 145 | 64.3% | 35.7% | 4.0 months | $350 | 6.2 years |
| Bedford County | 144 | 69.9% | 30.1% | 3.9 months | $283 | 2.2 years |
| Buchanan County | 144 | 46.3% | 53.7% | 8.2 months | $75 | 11.8 months |
| Northampton County | 144 | 50.0% | 47.8% | 7.0 months | $133 | 1.7 years |
| Russell County | 144 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 2.6 months | $175 | 2.2 years |
| Caroline County | 143 | 60.7% | 39.3% | 4.7 months | — | 2.4 years |
| Portsmouth | 143 | 77.0% | 23.0% | 3.2 months | — | 2.1 years |
| Winchester | 141 | 43.3% | 56.7% | 5.6 months | — | 2.9 years |
| Shenandoah County | 136 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 5.2 months | $250 | 2.6 years |
| Southampton County | 135 | 65.1% | 34.9% | 4.2 months | $62 | 1.8 years |
| Roanoke City | 133 | 61.9% | 38.1% | 2.8 months | — | 1.8 years |
| Campbell County | 127 | 23.5% | 75.3% | 7.9 months | $775 | 1.6 years |
| Martinsville | 119 | 37.7% | 62.3% | 3.9 months | $126 | 1.9 years |
| Isle of Wight County | 111 | 62.2% | 31.1% | 4.0 months | — | 2.7 years |
| Charlottesville | 95 | 73.7% | 26.3% | 5.5 months | — | 1.8 years |
| Accomack County | 93 | 73.9% | 26.1% | 6.2 months | $200 | 1.8 years |
| Albemarle County | 92 | 77.5% | 22.5% | 5.0 months | — | 1.3 years |
| Brunswick County | 92 | 59.7% | 40.3% | 8.5 months | — | 5.6 years |
| Amelia County | 88 | 24.0% | 76.0% | 5.7 months | — | 4.9 years |
| Smyth County | 87 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 5.9 months | $175 | 1.7 years |
| Patrick County | 86 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 4.6 months | $100 | 2.5 years |
| Northumberland County | 82 | 94.3% | 5.7% | 1.9 months | — | 5.0 years |
| Salem | 82 | 51.6% | 48.4% | 2.0 months | — | 1.5 years |
| Alexandria | 79 | 72.1% | 27.9% | 3.1 months | — | 5.0 months |
| Giles County | 78 | 53.3% | 46.7% | 1.3 years | — | 2.4 years |
| Amherst County | 77 | 54.0% | 46.0% | 4.8 months | — | 4.6 years |
| Culpeper County | 74 | 28.1% | 71.9% | 4.8 months | $200 | 4.2 years |
| Halifax County | 72 | 21.1% | 76.3% | 4.1 months | — | 3.6 years |
| Radford | 70 | 43.8% | 56.2% | 9.1 months | $312 | 7.8 years |
| Prince Edward County | 69 | 21.8% | 78.2% | 4.3 months | $500 | 2.8 years |
| Prince George County | 68 | 79.5% | 20.5% | 6.2 months | $30 | 3.4 years |
| Galax | 64 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 4.0 months | $150 | 1.0 years |
| Dinwiddie County | 63 | 68.8% | 31.2% | 4.7 months | — | 4.3 years |
| Orange County | 63 | 70.7% | 29.3% | 6.9 months | $500 | 3.2 years |
| Dickenson County | 62 | 74.5% | 25.5% | 6.2 months | $175 | 1.6 years |
| Nelson County | 62 | 40.0% | 60.0% | 4.2 months | — | 1.8 years |
| Fluvanna County | 61 | 70.0% | 30.0% | 5.5 months | — | 3.7 years |
| King George County | 61 | 91.7% | 8.3% | 1.3 years | — | 2.2 years |
| New Kent County | 61 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 4.4 months | $275 | 5.0 years |
| Hopewell | 59 | 75.0% | 25.0% | 4.1 months | — | 1.9 years |
| Grayson County | 57 | 45.5% | 54.5% | 10.0 months | $100 | 1.5 years |
| Buena Vista | 52 | 64.0% | 36.0% | 3.9 months | $120 | 6.4 years |
| Lancaster County | 52 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 2.6 months | — | 8.7 years |
| Floyd County | 51 | 62.5% | 37.5% | 1.1 years | — | 11.9 months |
| Franklin City | 50 | 97.0% | 3.0% | 3.3 months | — | 1.0 years |
| Richmond County | 47 | 63.4% | 36.6% | 2.4 months | — | 3.5 years |
| Sussex County | 47 | 84.2% | 15.8% | 5.6 months | — | 2.3 years |
| Middlesex County | 46 | 65.7% | 34.3% | 4.7 months | — | 2.8 years |
| Powhatan County | 39 | 78.6% | 21.4% | 6.0 months | $250 | 10.3 months |
| Louisa County | 38 | 38.5% | 61.5% | 4.3 months | — | 1.7 years |
| Gloucester County | 37 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 6.3 months | — | 4.5 years |
| Lee County | 35 | 40.7% | 59.3% | 2.9 months | $500 | 5.4 years |
| Appomattox County | 31 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.2 months | $400 | 2.2 years |
| Greene County | 29 | 77.8% | 22.2% | 2.1 years | — | 2.0 years |
| Emporia | 28 | 83.3% | 16.7% | 4.6 months | — | 9.1 months |
| Goochland County | 23 | 68.8% | 31.2% | 2.7 months | — | 1.9 years |
| Essex County | 20 | 64.3% | 35.7% | 5.1 months | — | 2.5 years |
| Nottoway County | 20 | 47.1% | 52.9% | 6.5 months | — | 11.5 months |
| Westmoreland County | 20 | 62.5% | 37.5% | 6.4 months | — | 3.2 years |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024. 23,375 cases analyzed across 107 jurisdictions. Last updated December 2024. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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