CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRANSPORT OF PRISONERS; AUTHORITY (§ 53.1-70.1)

A. The sheriff or administrator in charge of a local or regional correctional
facility where a prisoner is incarcerated and employees of such facility acting
on the direction of such sheriff or administrator shall have the authority to
transport the prisoner to another jurisdiction inside the Commonwealth for any
lawful purpose and to retain authority over such prisoner.

B. Any person authorized to transport a prisoner under subsection A who has the
need to travel with a prisoner through or to another state is authorized to
travel through or to such state and retain authority over such prisoner as
allowed by such state.

HISTORY: 2016, c. 579.