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General Provisions

Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-18— Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-19— Establishment of correctional institutions
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-20— Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-20.1— Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-21— Transfer of prisoners into and between state and local correctional facilities
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-22— Misdemeanant suspected of having contagious disease
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-23— Fingerprints, photographs and description
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-23.1— Repealed
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-23.2— Department to give notice of the receipt of certain prisoners
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-24— Record of convictions and register to be kept
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-25— Director to prescribe rules; rules to be available to prisoners
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-25.1— Rules of state correctional facilities
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-26— Confiscation of prohibited articles
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-27— Establishment of stores in state correctional facilities
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-28— Authority to fix discharge date; improper release; warrant, arrest and hearing
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-29— Authority for correctional officers and other employees to carry weapons
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-30— Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-31— Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-31.1— Transportation of prisoners
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-31.2— Notification of child support due by a prisoner
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-31.3— Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-31.4— (Effective July 1, 2026) Government-issued identification; Department of Corrections-issued identification