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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 1968, chapter 477; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":209997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81096,"identifier":"37.2-428","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/4\/37.2-428","url":"\/37.2-428\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-428\/","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/4\/37.2-428","dublin_core":{"Title":"Aiding and abetting in escapes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-428","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of any hospital or training center<\/span> or any other person to aid or abet in the escape or secretion of any lawfully admitted individual receiving services<\/span> in any hospital or training center<\/span>, while the individual is in the hospital or training center<\/span> or on a day pass, family visit, trial<\/span> visit, bond<\/span> or escapement, or to willfully fail or refuse to return an individual on a day pass, family visit, or trial<\/span> visit under his care and custody<\/span> to any hospital or training center<\/span> in which he is receiving services, having given written obligation to do so, when directed in writing to do so by the director of the hospital or training center<\/span>. Any such officer or employee of any hospital or training center<\/span> or any other person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAIDING AND ABETTING IN ESCAPES (\u00a7 37.2-428)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of any hospital or training\ncenter or any other person to aid or abet in the escape or secretion of any\nlawfully admitted individual receiving services in any hospital or training\ncenter, while the individual is in the hospital or training center or on a day\npass, family visit, trial visit, bond or escapement, or to willfully fail or\nrefuse to return an individual on a day pass, family visit, or trial visit under\nhis care and custody to any hospital or training center in which he is receiving\nservices, having given written obligation to do so, when directed in writing to\ndo so by the director of the hospital or training center. Any such officer or\nemployee of any hospital or training center or any other person is guilty of a\nClass 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 37-228; 1968, c. 477, \u00a7 37.1-151; 2005, c. 716; 2012,\ncc. 476, 507.","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}}