{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-475","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-475","heading":"Officers, etc., voluntarily allowing person convicted, charged, or adjudicated delinquent of felony to escape; penalty","body":"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.Code 1950, § 18.1-286; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 360; 2013, cc. 707, 782.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 10. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE","Article 7. ESCAPE OF, COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND DELIVERIES TO PRISONERS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-475/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"303d2f51319ef6c15b931ebce7b252047a029ce9e8d752bd3c8c246d29a2465f","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-474.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-476"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}