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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 579<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1465307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367819,"identifier":"53.1-70.1","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-70.1","url":"\/53.1-70.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-70.1\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-70.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transport of prisoners; authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-70.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> 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<\/span> inside the Commonwealth for any lawful purpose and to retain authority over such prisoner. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSPORT OF PRISONERS; AUTHORITY (\u00a7 53.1-70.1)\n\nA. The sheriff or administrator in charge of a local or regional correctional\nfacility where a prisoner is incarcerated and employees of such facility acting\non the direction of such sheriff or administrator shall have the authority to\ntransport the prisoner to another jurisdiction inside the Commonwealth for any\nlawful purpose and to retain authority over such prisoner.\n\nB. Any person authorized to transport a prisoner under subsection A who has the\nneed to travel with a prisoner through or to another state is authorized to\ntravel through or to such state and retain authority over such prisoner as\nallowed by such state.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 579.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}