Any item of personal property which a prisoner in any state correctional facility is prohibited from possessing by the Code of Virginia or by the rules of the Director shall, when found in the possession of a prisoner, be confiscated and sold or destroyed as the Director may direct. Any funds from the sale of such property shall be invested and used as provided in § 53.1-44.
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-26
Confiscation of prohibited articles
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Hudson v. Palmer (1984)
Most recently applied in Washlefske v. Winston (December 2000)
Code 1950, § 53-23.1; 1968, c. 222; 1982, c. 636.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.