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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>361117</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/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-202.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="85" identifier="37.2">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Admissions and Dispositions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" 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 <span class="dictionary">court</span> 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>
