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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72491</law_id><section_number>18.2-19</section_number><catch_line>How accessories after the fact punished; certain exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-371</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Principals and Accessories</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">accessory after the fact</span> is guilty of (i) a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span> in the case of a <span class="dictionary">homicide</span> <span class="dictionary">offense</span> that is punishable as a Class 1 or Class 2 <span class="dictionary">felony</span> or (ii) a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> in the case of any other <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. However, no person in the relation of spouse, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, or sibling, by consanguinity or affinity, or servant to the offender, who, after the commission of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span>, aids or assists a principal felon or <span class="dictionary">accessory before the fact</span> to avoid or escape from <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> or punishment, shall be deemed an <span class="dictionary">accessory after the fact</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.1-11, 18.1-12; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2014, c. 668; 2020, c. 900; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
