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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 10 - Crimes Against the Administration of Justice
§ 18.2-480. Escape, etc., by setting fire to jail
Universal Citation: VA Code § 18.2-480 (2018)
If any person lawfully imprisoned in jail escape, or attempt to escape therefrom, by setting fire thereto, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
Code 1950, ยง 18.1-291; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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