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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78434</law_id><section_number>37.2-918</section_number><catch_line>Persons on conditional release leaving Commonwealth; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-202.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="37.2">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Admissions and Dispositions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person placed on conditional release pursuant to this chapter who leaves the Commonwealth without permission from the court that conditionally released the person or fails to return to the Commonwealth in violation of a <span class="dictionary">court order</span> shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>1999, cc. 946, 985, &#xA7; 37.1-70.19; 2001, c. 776; 2005, c. 716; 2009, c. 740.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
