Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7024418.2-478Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail; penalty202517.1-80519.2-392.02Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Against the Administration of JusticeEscape of, Communications with and Deliveries to Prisoners

If any person lawfully imprisoned in jail and not tried or sentenced on a criminal offense escapes from jail by force or violence, other than by setting fire thereto, or if any person lawfully in the custody of any law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 18.2-57, on a charge of criminal offense escapes from such custody by force or violence, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Code 1950, § 18.1-289; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985, c. 555; 2025, cc. 38, 41.