The Governor may offer a reward for apprehending and securing any person convicted of an offense or charged therewith, who shall have escaped from lawful custody or confinement, or for apprehending and securing any person charged with an offense, who, there is reason to fear, cannot be arrested in the common course of proceeding. The Governor may also offer a reward for the detection and conviction of the person guilty of an offense when such offense has been committed but the person guilty thereof is unknown.
Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, sergeant, deputy sergeant or any other officer may claim and receive any reward which may be offered for the arrest and detention of any offender against the criminal laws of this or any other state or nation.
Code 1950, §§ 19.1-6, 19.1-6.1; 1960, c. 366; 1962, c. 513; 1964, c. 171; 1975, c. 495.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 19.2-2. Effect of repeal of Title 19.1 and enactment of this title
§ 19.2-3. Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated
§ 19.2-3.1. Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; standards
§ 19.2-4. References to former sections, articles or chapters of Titles 18.1 and 19.1
§ 19.2-5. Meaning of certain terms
§ 19.2-6. Appointive power of circuit courts
§ 19.2-8. Limitation of prosecutions
§ 19.2-8.1. Prosecution for murder or manslaughter; passage of time not a limitation
§ 19.2-9. Prosecution of certain criminal cases removed from state to federal courts; costs
§ 19.2-9.1. Written notice required for complaining witness who is requested to take polygraph test
§ 19.2-10.1. Subpoena duces tecum for obtaining records concerning banking and credit cards
§ 19.2-10.4. Subpoena duces tecum; attorney-issued subpoena duces tecum