63.2-513 - Notification of change in circumstances.

§ 63.2-513. Notification of change in circumstances.

If at any time during the continuance of public assistance any change occurs,including but not limited to, the possession of any property or the receiptof regular income by the recipient or by any person who is included within arecipient's grant, that, in the circumstances upon which current eligibilityor amount of assistance were determined, would materially affect suchdetermination, it shall be the duty of such recipient to notify as defined byregulation the local department of such change, and the local board mayeither cancel the public assistance, or alter the amount thereof.

Any recipient who knows or reasonably should know that such change incircumstances will materially affect his eligibility for assistance or theamount thereof and willfully fails to comply with the provisions of thissection, is guilty of a violation of § 63.2-522.

(Code 1950, §§ 63-124, 63-149.1; 1952, c. 533; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-112;1973, c. 482; 1975, c. 320; 1980, c. 19; 1986, c. 93; 2002, c. 747.)