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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1391507,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351042,"identifier":"18.2-482","token":"18.2\/11\/1\/18.2-482","url":"\/18.2-482\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-482\/","token":"18.2\/11\/1\/18.2-482","dublin_core":{"Title":"Misprision of treason","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-482","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person knowing of such treason shall not, as soon as may be, give information thereof to the Governor, or some conservator of the peace, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMISPRISION OF TREASON (\u00a7 18.2-482)\n\nIf any person knowing of such treason shall not, as soon as may be, give\ninformation thereof to the Governor, or some conservator of the peace, he shall\nbe guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-419; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}