{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-476","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-476","heading":"Officers, etc., willfully and deliberately permitting person convicted of, charged with, or adjudicated delinquent of a nonfelonious offense to escape or willfully refusing to receive person; penalty","body":"If any sheriff, jailer, or other officer, or any guard or other person summoned or employed by such sheriff, jailer, or other officer, willfully and deliberately permits a prisoner or person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice convicted of, charged with, or adjudicated delinquent of an offense not a felony, to escape from his custody, or willfully refuses to receive into his custody a person lawfully committed thereto, he is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 18.1-287; 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/18.2-476/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"2507b99ffd7a71b05fe503e9f61dbb91df8533aa6beb7f060dcded726215d5a9","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-475","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-477"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}