Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-469 — Officer refusing, delaying, etc., to execute process for criminal
Virginia § 18.2-469
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 10CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Art. 6INTERFERENCE WITH ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-469 (2026).
Text
If any officer willfully and corruptly refuse to execute any lawful process requiring him to apprehend or confine a person convicted of, or charged with, an offense, or willfully and corruptly omit or delay to execute such process, whereby such person shall escape and go at large, such officer shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-300; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Virginia § 18.2-469, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-469.