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Any person violating this subsection shall be taken into custody and brought before the juvenile and domestic relations court. The court may find the person in violation of § 16.1-292 or, if the court finds the person amenable to further treatment in a juvenile facility, the court may return him to the custody of the Department.B\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to escape or remain away without proper authority from a secure facility operated by or under contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice or from a secure juvenile detention facility in which he had been placed by the juvenile and domestic relations court or as a result of his commitment as a juvenile to the Department of Juvenile Justice. 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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 435 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1989, chapter 733; in 1993, chapter 840; in 1994, chapter 490<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 749<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"id":61280,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63958,"section_number":"16.1-292","catch_line":"Violation of court order by any person","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-292\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164469,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71093,"identifier":"18.2-477.1","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-477.1","url":"\/18.2-477.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-477.1\/","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-477.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Escapes from juvenile facility; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-477.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any person to escape or remain away without proper authority from a group home or other residential care facility for children in need of services, delinquent or alleged delinquent youths in which he had been placed by the juvenile and domestic relations court<\/span> or as a result of his commitment as a juvenile to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Any person violating this subsection shall be taken into custody<\/span> and brought before the juvenile and domestic relations court<\/span>. The court<\/span> may find the person in violation of § 16.1-292<\/a> or, if the court<\/span> finds the person amenable to further treatment in a juvenile facility, the court<\/span> may return him to the custody<\/span> of the Department. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any person to escape or remain away without proper authority from a secure facility operated by or under contract<\/span> with the Department of Juvenile Justice or from a secure juvenile detention facility in which he had been placed by the juvenile and domestic relations court<\/span> or as a result of his commitment as a juvenile to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Any person who escapes from a facility specified in this subsection by force or by violence shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span> or, if violation of this subsection occurs other than by force or violence, a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESCAPES FROM JUVENILE FACILITY; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-477.1)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person to escape or remain away without proper\nauthority from a group home or other residential care facility for children in\nneed of services, delinquent or alleged delinquent youths in which he had been\nplaced by the juvenile and domestic relations court or as a result of his\ncommitment as a juvenile to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Any person\nviolating this subsection shall be taken into custody and brought before the\njuvenile and domestic relations court. The court may find the person in\nviolation of § 16.1-292 or, if the court finds the person amenable to\nfurther treatment in a juvenile facility, the court may return him to the\ncustody of the Department.\n\nB. It shall be unlawful for any person to escape or remain away without proper\nauthority from a secure facility operated by or under contract with the\nDepartment of Juvenile Justice or from a secure juvenile detention facility in\nwhich he had been placed by the juvenile and domestic relations court or as a\nresult of his commitment as a juvenile to the Department of Juvenile Justice.\nAny person who escapes from a facility specified in this subsection by force or\nby violence shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony or, if violation of this\nsubsection occurs other than by force or violence, a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 435; 1989, c. 733; 1993, c. 840; 1994, c. 490; 1997, c. 749.","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}}