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Va. Code § 18.2-478

Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail; penalty

Virginia · Code of Virginia Title 18.2 — Crimes and Offenses Generally · Status: effective

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Va. Code § 18.2-478, Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail; penalty, Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-23, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1376641
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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 law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 18.2-57 , on a charge of criminal offense escapes from such custody by force or violence, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony.