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.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-469
Officer refusing, delaying, etc., to execute process for criminal
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 104 F. Supp. 3d 753 - Graham v. Gagnon (2015)
Most recently applied in 104 F. Supp. 3d 753 - Graham v. Gagnon (May 2015)
Code 1950, § 18.1-300; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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