CODE OF VIRGINIA

REWARDS FOR ARREST OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF OR CHARGED WITH OFFENSES; REWARDS FOR
CONVICTION OF UNKNOWN OFFENDERS (§ 19.2-7)

The Governor may offer a reward for apprehending and securing any person
convicted of an offense or charged therewith, who shall have escaped from lawful
custody or confinement, or for apprehending and securing any person charged with
an offense, who, there is reason to fear, cannot be arrested in the common
course of proceeding. The Governor may also offer a reward for the detection and
conviction of the person guilty of an offense when such offense has been
committed but the person guilty thereof is unknown.Any sheriff, deputy sheriff,
sergeant, deputy sergeant or any other officer may claim and receive any reward
which may be offered for the arrest and detention of any offender against the
criminal laws of this or any other state or nation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 19.1-6, 19.1-6.1; 1960, c. 366; 1962, c. 513; 1964, c.
171; 1975, c. 495.