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Va. Code § 18.2-480: Escape, etc., by setting fire to jail

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  1. Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
  2. Chapter 10. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
  3. Article 7. ESCAPE OF, COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND DELIVERIES TO PRISONERS

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, § 18.1-291; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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