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.
Code 1950, § 53-23.1; 1968, c. 222; 1982, c. 636.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 2 - State Correctional Facilities
§ 53.1-18. Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property
§ 53.1-19. Establishment of correctional institutions
§ 53.1-20. Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director
§ 53.1-20.1. Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration
§ 53.1-21. Transfer of prisoners into and between state and local correctional facilities
§ 53.1-22. Misdemeanant suspected of having contagious disease
§ 53.1-23. Fingerprints, photographs and description
§ 53.1-23.2. Department to give notice of the receipt of certain prisoners
§ 53.1-24. Record of convictions and register to be kept
§ 53.1-25. Director to prescribe rules; rules to be available to prisoners
§ 53.1-25.1. Rules of state correctional facilities
§ 53.1-26. Confiscation of prohibited articles
§ 53.1-27. Establishment of stores in state correctional facilities
§ 53.1-28. Authority to fix discharge date; improper release; warrant, arrest and hearing
§ 53.1-29. Authority for correctional officers and other employees to carry weapons
§ 53.1-30. Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering
§ 53.1-31. Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals
§ 53.1-31.1. Transportation of prisoners
§ 53.1-31.2. Notification of child support due by a prisoner
§ 53.1-31.3. Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance
§ 53.1-31.4. Department of Corrections-issued identification
§ 53.1-32. Treatment and control of prisoners; recreation; religious services
§ 53.1-32.01. Payment for bodily injury
§ 53.1-32.1. Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation
§ 53.1-33. Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work
§ 53.1-33.1. Mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus
§ 53.1-34. Treatment of prisoner with contagious disease
§ 53.1-35. Correspondence privileges; receipt of publications
§ 53.1-35.1. Electronic visitation and messaging with inmates; fees
§ 53.1-35.2. Visitation of certain prisoners by minor dependents
§ 53.1-36. Prisoners may assist in medical research programs
§ 53.1-37. Furloughs generally; travel expenses; penalties for violations
§ 53.1-38. When ineligible for furloughs
§ 53.1-39. Certain punishment of prisoners prohibited
§ 53.1-39.1. Restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report
§ 53.1-40. Appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners
§ 53.1-40.01. Conditional release of geriatric prisoners
§ 53.1-40.02. Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners
§ 53.1-40.1. Medical and mental health treatment of prisoners incapable of giving consent
§ 53.1-40.2. Involuntary admission of prisoners with mental illness
§ 53.1-40.3. Place of hearing or proceeding
§ 53.1-40.4. Appeal of order authorizing involuntary admission
§ 53.1-40.5. Transfer of prisoner involuntarily admitted
§ 53.1-40.6. Periodic review of prisoner for purposes of retention
§ 53.1-40.7. Discharge of prisoner involuntarily admitted
§ 53.1-40.8. Fees and expenses
§ 53.1-40.9. Civil admission proceeding prior to release
§ 53.1-40.10. Exchange of medical and mental health information and records
§ 53.1-40.12. Treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant
§ 53.1-40.13. Treatment of prisoners during postpartum recovery
§ 53.1-40.14. Reporting requirement
§ 53.1-40.15. Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates
§ 53.1-40.16. Education for pregnant prisoners
§ 53.1-41. Opportunities for work and career and technical education
§ 53.1-42. Allowance for work and disposition thereof
§ 53.1-43. Pay incentives for prisoners
§ 53.1-43.1. Inmate trust accounts
§ 53.1-44. Investment of funds belonging to prisoners; use of income
§ 53.1-45. Sale of prison goods and services; print shop
§ 53.1-45.1. Work programs; agreements with other entities
§ 53.1-46. Sale of artistic products
§ 53.1-47. Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations
§ 53.1-48. Exceptions as to purchases
§ 53.1-49. Evasion by variance from specifications of Director
§ 53.1-50. Vouchers, certificates and warrants not to be questioned
§ 53.1-51. Intentional violations constitute malfeasance
§ 53.1-52. Procedure for purchases
§ 53.1-53. Transfer or sale of by-products of manufacturing processes
§ 53.1-54. Charges and catalogue; annual estimates of requirements by departments, etc.
§ 53.1-55. Sale or exchange of goods manufactured by prisoners of other states
§ 53.1-57. Payments by Department of Transportation to Director for labor
§ 53.1-58. Highway employees as guards
§ 53.1-60.1. Duties of Director in collecting court-imposed debt
§ 53.1-62. When ineligible for work release
§ 53.1-63.1. Department to establish facilities for juveniles sentenced as adults
§ 53.1-64. Programs and facilities
§ 53.1-65. Consideration of report developed at diagnostic facilities
§ 53.1-66. Transfer of prisoners to other facilities
§ 53.1-67. Admission to facility; good conduct allowance restricted
§ 53.1-67.3. Establishment of system
§ 53.1-67.4. Authority of Director; purchase of services authorized; location and notification
§ 53.1-67.5. Director to prescribe standards
§ 53.1-67.9. Establishment of community corrections alternative program; supervision upon completion