CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFICERS, ETC., VOLUNTARILY ALLOWING PERSON CONVICTED, CHARGED, OR ADJUDICATED
DELINQUENT OF FELONY TO ESCAPE; PENALTY (§ 18.2-475)

If any sheriff, jailer, or other officer, or any guard or other person summoned
or employed by any such sheriff, jailer, or other officer, voluntarily allows a
prisoner or person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice convicted of,
charged with, or adjudicated delinquent of a felony to escape from his custody,
he is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-286; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 360;
2013, cc. 707, 782.