A committee appointed pursuant to § 53.1-221 may sue and be sued in respect to all claims or demands of every nature in favor of or against such prisoner and against any of the prisoner's estate. All actions or suits to which the prisoner is a party at the time of his conviction shall be prosecuted or defended, as the case may be, by such committee after ten days' notice of the pendency thereof, which notice shall be given by the clerk of the court in which the same are pending.
Code 1950, § 53-307; 1980, c. 504; 1982, c. 636.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 11 - Estates of Prisoners
§ 53.1-221. Appointment of committee; bond
§ 53.1-223. Restriction on suits against prisoners
§ 53.1-224. Maintenance of prisoner's family; spouse's portion
§ 53.1-226. When estate committed to sheriff
§ 53.1-227. When and how real estate of prisoner sold or encumbered
§ 53.1-228. Disposal of unclaimed personal property of prisoner