{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-478","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-478","heading":"Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail; penalty","body":"If any person lawfully imprisoned in jail and not tried or sentenced on a criminal offense escapes from jail by force or violence, other than by setting fire thereto, or if any person lawfully in the custody of any law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 18.2-57, on a charge of criminal offense escapes from such custody by force or violence, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony.Code 1950, § 18.1-289; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 555; 2025, cc. 38, 41.","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/18.2-478/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"fc27945c0bb3958d8950dc693136f04ebf3da38918daae01468ff16b208fb7eb","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-477.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-479"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}