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53.1-203.B\n\nIt shall be unlawful for an accused, probationer or parolee under the supervision of, or being investigated by, (i) a probation or parole officer whose powers and duties are defined in &#xA7; 16.1-237 or &#xA7; 53.1-145, (ii) a local pretrial services officer associated with an agency established pursuant to Article 5 (&#xA7; 19.2-152.2) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2, or (iii) a local community-based probation officer associated with an agency established pursuant to Article 9 (&#xA7; 9.1-173 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1, to knowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on such officer while he is in the performance of his duty, knowing or having reason to know that the officer is engaged in the performance of his duty.\n\t\t\tAny person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 5 felony.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":295064,"text":"It shall be unlawful for a person confined in a state, local or regional correctional facility as defined in \u00a7 53.1-1; in a secure facility or detention home as defined in \u00a7 16.1-228 or in any facility designed for the secure detention of juveniles; or while in the custody of an employee thereof to knowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":295065,"text":"An employee thereof, or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":295066,"text":"Any other person lawfully admitted to such facility, except another prisoner or person held in legal custody, or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":295067,"text":"Any person who is supervising or working with prisoners or persons held in legal custody, or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":295068,"text":"Any such employee or other person while such prisoner or person held in legal custody is committing any act in violation of &#xA7; 53.1-203.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"B"},"5":{"id":295069,"text":"It shall be unlawful for an accused, probationer or parolee under the supervision of, or being investigated by, (i) a probation or parole officer whose powers and duties are defined in &#xA7; 16.1-237 or &#xA7; 53.1-145, (ii) a local pretrial services officer associated with an agency established pursuant to Article 5 (&#xA7; 19.2-152.2) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2, or (iii) a local community-based probation officer associated with an agency established pursuant to Article 9 (&#xA7; 9.1-173 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1, to knowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on such officer while he is in the performance of his duty, knowing or having reason to know that the officer is engaged in the performance of his duty.\n\t\t\tAny person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 5 felony.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A4"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13717,"edition_id":1,"name":"Assaults and Bodily Woundings","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13100,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:39","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:39","permalink":{"id":164963,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13717,"identifier":"4","token":"18.2\/4\/4","url":"\/18.2\/4\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13100,"edition_id":1,"name":"Crimes Against the Person","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12972,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":164763,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13100,"identifier":"4","token":"18.2\/4","url":"\/18.2\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12972,"edition_id":1,"name":"Crimes and Offenses Generally","identifier":"18.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","permalink":{"id":164139,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12972,"identifier":"18.2","token":"18.2","url":"\/18.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":72243,"structure_id":13717,"section_number":"18.2-51","catch_line":"Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc","url":"\/18.2-51\/","token":"18.2\/4\/4\/18.2-51","metadata":false},{"id":72165,"structure_id":13717,"section_number":"18.2-51.1","catch_line":"Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 14 and 15 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1977, chapter 553; in 1982, chapter 636; in 1985, chapter 508; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0527\">527<\/a>; in 1999, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0618\">618<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0658\">658<\/a>; in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0818\">818<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0848\">848<\/a>; in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0133\">133<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62824,"section_number":"16.1-278.8","catch_line":"Delinquent juveniles","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-278.8\/"},{"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":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\/"},{"id":71084,"section_number":"53.1-204","catch_line":"If prisoner commits any other felony, how punished","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-204\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63788,"section_number":"16.1-228","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-228\/"},{"id":69673,"section_number":"16.1-237","catch_line":"Powers, duties and functions of probation and parole officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-237\/"},{"id":59283,"section_number":"19.2-152.2","catch_line":"Purpose; 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in a secure facility or detention home as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/16.1-228\/\">16.1-228<\/a> or in any facility designed for the secure detention of juveniles; or while in the <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of an employee thereof to knowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on: <a id=\"paragraph-295064\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-55\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> An employee thereof, or <a id=\"paragraph-295065\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-55\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Any other person lawfully admitted to such facility, except another prisoner or person held in legal <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span>, or <a id=\"paragraph-295066\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-55\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Any person who is supervising or working with prisoners or persons held in legal <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span>, or <a id=\"paragraph-295067\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-55\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Any such employee or other person while such prisoner or person held in legal <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> is committing any act in violation of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Felonies by prisoners; penalties\" href=\"\/53.1-203\/\">53.1-203<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-295068\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-55\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for an <span class=\"dictionary\">accused<\/span>, probationer or parolee under the supervision of, or being investigated by, (i) a probation or <span class=\"dictionary\">parole<\/span> officer whose powers and duties are defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers, duties and functions of probation and parole officers\" href=\"\/16.1-237\/\">16.1-237<\/a> or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers and duties of probation and parole officers\" href=\"\/53.1-145\/\">53.1-145<\/a>, (ii) a local <span class=\"dictionary\">pretrial services<\/span> officer associated with an agency established pursuant to Article 5 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Purpose; establishment of pretrial services and services agencies\" href=\"\/19.2-152.2\/\">19.2-152.2<\/a>) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2, or (iii) a local community-based <span class=\"dictionary\">probation officer<\/span> associated with an agency established pursuant to Article 9 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Purpose\" href=\"\/9.1-173\/\">9.1-173<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1, to knowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on such officer while he is in the performance of his duty, knowing or having reason to know that the officer is engaged in the performance of his duty.\n\t\t\tAny person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 5 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-295069\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-55\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBODILY INJURIES CAUSED BY PRISONERS, STATE JUVENILE PROBATIONERS AND STATE AND\nLOCAL ADULT PROBATIONERS OR ADULT PAROLEES (\u00a7 18.2-55)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for a person confined in a state, local or regional\ncorrectional facility as defined in \u00a7 53.1-1; in a secure facility or detention\nhome as defined in \u00a7 16.1-228 or in any facility designed for the secure\ndetention of juveniles; or while in the custody of an employee thereof to\nknowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on:\n\n   1. An employee thereof, or\n\n   2. Any other person lawfully admitted to such facility, except another\n   prisoner or person held in legal custody, or\n\n   3. Any person who is supervising or working with prisoners or persons held in\n   legal custody, or\n\n   4. Any such employee or other person while such prisoner or person held in\n   legal custody is committing any act in violation of &#xA7; 53.1-203.\n\nB. It shall be unlawful for an accused, probationer or parolee under the\nsupervision of, or being investigated by, (i) a probation or parole officer\nwhose powers and duties are defined in &#xA7; 16.1-237 or &#xA7; 53.1-145, (ii)\na local pretrial services officer associated with an agency established pursuant\nto Article 5 (&#xA7; 19.2-152.2) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2, or (iii) a local\ncommunity-based probation officer associated with an agency established pursuant\nto Article 9 (&#xA7; 9.1-173 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1, to knowingly\nand willfully inflict bodily injury on such officer while he is in the\nperformance of his duty, knowing or having reason to know that the officer is\nengaged in the performance of his duty.\n\t\t\tAny person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 5\nfelony.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1977, c. 553; 1982, c. 636; 1985, c. 508; 1996, c.\n527; 1999, cc. 618, 658; 2001, cc. 818, 848; 2007, c. 133.","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}}