2015 Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
§ 53.1-228. Disposal of unclaimed personal property of prisoner
If any prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility, upon being transferred to another facility, leaves personal property valued at less than $100 in the custody of such facility for 30 days after his transfer without making a claim therefor, or if any prisoner, upon being released or having escaped, leaves such property at the time of his release or escape, the Director or the sheriff, as the case may be, may sell such property at public sale or may otherwise dispose of the property. The proceeds of such sale shall escheat to the Commonwealth and shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Literary Fund.
Code 1950, ยง 53-312.1; 1956, c. 344; 1981, c. 497; 1982, c. 636; 2010, c. 124.
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