Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-469 Officer refusing, delaying, etc., to execute process for criminal

§ 18.2-469. Officer refusing, delaying, etc., to execute process for criminal

If any officer willfully and corruptly refuse to execute any lawful process requiring him to apprehend or confine a person convicted of, or charged with, an offense, or willfully and corruptly omit or delay to execute such process, whereby such person shall escape and go at large, such officer shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-300; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)

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