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The report shall be signed by both the superintendent of the jail farm and the chief administrative officer of the county or city which administers the jail farm. Either signer found guilty of willfully falsifying the information contained in such report shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tIf any superintendent fails to send such report within five days after the date when the report should be forwarded, the Director shall notify the superintendent of such failure. If the superintendent fails to make the report within ten days from that date, then the Director shall cause the report to be prepared from the books of the superintendent and shall certify the cost thereof to the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall issue his warrant on the Treasurer for that amount, deducting the same from any funds that may be due the superintendent by the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":209635,"text":"The superintendent of every jail farm shall report on the first day of each month to the Director, giving the record of each prisoner received during the preceding month on blank forms to be furnished by the Director, stating whether the offense of each prisoner is for violation of state law or of city or town ordinance. The report shall be signed by both the superintendent of the jail farm and the chief administrative officer of the county or city which administers the jail farm. 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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 358 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. Unfortunately, the 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238583,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57222,"identifier":"53.1-104.1","token":"53.1\/3\/4\/53.1-104.1","url":"\/53.1-104.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-104.1\/","token":"53.1\/3\/4\/53.1-104.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Superintendents of jail farms to make monthly reports to Director","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-104.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The superintendent of every jail farm shall report on the first day of each month to the Director<\/span>, giving the record of each prisoner received during the preceding month on blank forms to be furnished by the Director<\/span>, stating whether the offense<\/span> of each prisoner is for violation of state law<\/span> or of city or town ordinance<\/span>. The report shall be signed by both the superintendent of the jail farm and the chief administrative officer of the county or city which administers the jail farm. Either signer found guilty of willfully falsifying the information contained in such report shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tIf any superintendent fails to send such report within five days after the date when the report should be forwarded, the Director<\/span> shall notify the superintendent of such failure. If the superintendent fails to make the report within ten days from that date, then the Director<\/span> shall cause the report to be prepared from the books of the superintendent and shall certify the cost thereof to the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall issue<\/span> his warrant on the Treasurer for that amount, deducting the same from any funds that may be due the superintendent by the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF JAIL FARMS TO MAKE MONTHLY REPORTS TO DIRECTOR (\u00a7\n53.1-104.1)\n\nThe superintendent of every jail farm shall report on the first day of each\nmonth to the Director, giving the record of each prisoner received during the\npreceding month on blank forms to be furnished by the Director, stating whether\nthe offense of each prisoner is for violation of state law or of city or town\nordinance. The report shall be signed by both the superintendent of the jail\nfarm and the chief administrative officer of the county or city which\nadministers the jail farm. Either signer found guilty of willfully falsifying\nthe information contained in such report shall be guilty of a Class 1\nmisdemeanor.\n\t\tIf any superintendent fails to send such report within five days after the\ndate when the report should be forwarded, the Director shall notify the\nsuperintendent of such failure. If the superintendent fails to make the report\nwithin ten days from that date, then the Director shall cause the report to be\nprepared from the books of the superintendent and shall certify the cost thereof\nto the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall issue his warrant on the Treasurer for\nthat amount, deducting the same from any funds that may be due the\nsuperintendent by the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 358.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}