CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFISCATION OF PROHIBITED ARTICLES (§ 53.1-26)

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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-23.1; 1968, c. 222; 1982, c. 636.