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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 526 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 2 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 1986, chapter 414; in 2013, chapters 707<\/a> and 782<\/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":68291,"section_number":"18.2-513","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-513\/"},{"id":76499,"section_number":"19.2-386.32","catch_line":"Seizure and forfeiture of property used in connection with the abduction of children","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.32\/"},{"id":63732,"section_number":"2.2-515.2","catch_line":"Address confidentiality program established; victims of domestic violence, stalking, child abduction, sexual violence, or human trafficking; application; disclosure of records","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-515.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164935,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63979,"identifier":"18.2-48.1","token":"18.2\/4\/3\/18.2-48.1","url":"\/18.2-48.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-48.1\/","token":"18.2\/4\/3\/18.2-48.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Abduction by prisoners or committed persons; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-48.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person confined in a state, local, or community correctional facility or committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile correctional center, or in the custody<\/span> of an employee thereof, or who has escaped from any such facility or from any person in charge of such prisoner or committed person, who abducts or takes any person hostage is guilty of a Class 3 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nABDUCTION BY PRISONERS OR COMMITTED PERSONS; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-48.1)\n\nAny person confined in a state, local, or community correctional facility or\ncommitted to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile correctional\ncenter, or in the custody of an employee thereof, or who has escaped from any\nsuch facility or from any person in charge of such prisoner or committed person,\nwho abducts or takes any person hostage is guilty of a Class 3 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 526; 1986, c. 414; 2013, cc. 707, 782.","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}}