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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 2005, chapter 408<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77418,"section_number":"18.2-30","catch_line":"Murder and manslaughter declared felonies","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-30\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164367,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85622,"identifier":"18.2-462","token":"18.2\/10\/6\/18.2-462","url":"\/18.2-462\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-462\/","token":"18.2\/10\/6\/18.2-462","dublin_core":{"Title":"Concealing or compounding offenses; penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-462","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as provided in subsection B, if any person knowing of the commission of an offense<\/span> takes any money or reward, or an engagement therefor, upon an agreement or understanding, expressed or implied, to compound or conceal such offense<\/span>, or not to prosecute<\/span> therefor, or not to give evidence<\/span> thereof, he shall, if such offense<\/span> is a felony<\/span>, be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span>; and if such offense<\/span> is not a felony<\/span>, unless it is punishable merely by forfeiture to him, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person, other than the victim of the crime<\/span> or the husband, wife, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister, by consanguinity or affinity of the offender, who with actual knowledge of the commission by another of any felony<\/span> offense<\/span> under Chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30<\/a> et seq.) of this title, willfully conceals, alters, dismembers, or destroys any item of physical evidence<\/span> with the intent<\/span> to delay, impede, obstruct, prevent, or hinder the investigation, apprehension, prosecution<\/span>, conviction<\/span>, or punishment of any person regarding such offense<\/span> is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONCEALING OR COMPOUNDING OFFENSES; PENALTIES (\u00a7 18.2-462)\n\nA. Except as provided in subsection B, if any person knowing of the commission\nof an offense takes any money or reward, or an engagement therefor, upon an\nagreement or understanding, expressed or implied, to compound or conceal such\noffense, or not to prosecute therefor, or not to give evidence thereof, he\nshall, if such offense is a felony, be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor; and if\nsuch offense is not a felony, unless it is punishable merely by forfeiture to\nhim, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\nB. Any person, other than the victim of the crime or the husband, wife, parent,\ngrandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister, by consanguinity or affinity\nof the offender, who with actual knowledge of the commission by another of any\nfelony offense under Chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of this title, willfully\nconceals, alters, dismembers, or destroys any item of physical evidence with the\nintent to delay, impede, obstruct, prevent, or hinder the investigation,\napprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of any person regarding\nsuch offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-303; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2005, c. 408.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}