CODE OF VIRGINIA PERSONS ON CONDITIONAL RELEASE LEAVING COMMONWEALTH; PENALTY (§ 37.2-918) Any person placed on conditional release pursuant to this chapter who leaves the Commonwealth without permission from the court that conditionally released the person or fails to return to the Commonwealth in violation of a court order shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. HISTORY: 1999, cc. 946, 985, § 37.1-70.19; 2001, c. 776; 2005, c. 716; 2009, c. 740.