Va. Code § 18.2-469

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 18.2-469 - Officer refusing, delaying, etc., to execute process for criminal

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.

Va. Code § 18.2-469

Code 1950, § 18.1-300; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

Amended by Acts 1975, § cc. 14, 15.

Amended by Acts 1960, § c. 358.