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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-469 (2026)

Officer refusing, delaying, etc., to execute process for criminal

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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2015 · leading case: City of Virginia Beach v. Harris, 523 S.E.2d 239 (Va. 2000).
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City of Virginia Beach v. Harris, 523 S.E.2d 239 (Va. 2000). · cites it 4× “2-460, obstruction of justice, and a violation of Code § 18.2-469, delay in executing lawful process.”
Graham v. Gagnon, 104 F. Supp. 3d 753 (E.D. Va. 2015). · cites it 9× “§ 1983 action is whether defendants, Officer Clark Gag-non and Detective Jannie Clipp of the City of Falls Church Police Department (“FCPD”), had probable cause to arrest plaintiff Lauren Graham for obstruction of justice, in violation of Va.Code § 18.2-469. Defendants have…”
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