{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-479","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-479","heading":"Escape without force or violence or setting fire to jail; penalties","body":"A. Except as provided in subsection B, any person lawfully confined in jail or lawfully in the custody of any court, officer of the court, or law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 18.2-57, for violation of his probation or parole or on a charge or conviction of a misdemeanor who escapes, other than by force or violence or by setting fire to the jail, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.B. Any person lawfully confined in jail or lawfully in the custody of any court, officer of the court, or law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 18.2-57, on a charge or conviction of a felony who escapes, other than by force or violence or by setting fire to the jail, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.Code 1950, § 18.1-290; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 555; 2005, c. 573; 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/18.2-479/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"f190273079468a319e0e7809d4a25cb8026e6c7bded70c78e30ecade9bd21c52","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-478","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-479.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}