The Department shall have custody of both the real and personal property of state correctional facilities. The Department is authorized to institute and prosecute in the name of the Commonwealth any suit or proceeding to protect the rights of the Commonwealth in such property.
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-18
Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Latson v. Clarke (2017)
Most recently applied in Latson v. Clarke (April 2017)
Code 1950, § 53-20; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 2020, c. 759.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.