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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 10 - Crimes Against the Administration of Justice
§ 18.2-478. Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail
Universal Citation: VA Code § 18.2-478 (2018)
If any person lawfully imprisoned in jail and not tried or sentenced on a criminal offense escapes from jail by force or violence, other than by setting fire thereto or if any person lawfully in the custody of any police officer on a charge of criminal offense escapes from such custody by force or violence, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Code 1950, ยง 18.1-289; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 555.
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