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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 681; in 1970, chapter 648; in 1974, chapter 553; in 1979, chapter 700; in 1982, chapter 636; in 1999, chapter 990<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 547<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77151,"section_number":"53.1-71.1","catch_line":"Private construction, maintenance, etc., of regional jail facility","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-71.1\/"},{"id":59551,"section_number":"65.2-101","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-101\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62022,"section_number":"53.1-113","catch_line":"Transportation of prisoners to jail or jail farm","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-113\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238605,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83334,"identifier":"53.1-105","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-105","url":"\/53.1-105\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-105\/","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-105","dublin_core":{"Title":"County and city regional jail or jail farm; persons who may be confined; release and transfer of prisoners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-105","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any combination of two or more counties or cities may establish, maintain and operate a regional jail or jail farm. Any person convicted and sentenced to confinement in the jail or jail farm of such county or city or sentenced to a state correctional facility<\/span> may be confined in a regional jail farm and required to do work as may be assigned him during the term of his sentence. Any regional jail may be used to hold or confine any person who could lawfully be held or confined in a jail operated and maintained separately.\n\t\tSubject to the provisions of \u00a7 53.1-113<\/a> and in the absence of private transportation arranged by the prisoner, any prisoner, after having completed a term of incarceration and upon release from a regional jail operated within Planning District Four or Planning District Five, shall be transported by such regional jail to the locality where the prisoner was arrested or convicted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOUNTY AND CITY REGIONAL JAIL OR JAIL FARM; PERSONS WHO MAY BE CONFINED; RELEASE\nAND TRANSFER OF PRISONERS (\u00a7 53.1-105)\n\nAny combination of two or more counties or cities may establish, maintain and\noperate a regional jail or jail farm. Any person convicted and sentenced to\nconfinement in the jail or jail farm of such county or city or sentenced to a\nstate correctional facility may be confined in a regional jail farm and required\nto do work as may be assigned him during the term of his sentence. Any regional\njail may be used to hold or confine any person who could lawfully be held or\nconfined in a jail operated and maintained separately.\n\t\tSubject to the provisions of \u00a7 53.1-113 and in the absence of private\ntransportation arranged by the prisoner, any prisoner, after having completed a\nterm of incarceration and upon release from a regional jail operated within\nPlanning District Four or Planning District Five, shall be transported by such\nregional jail to the locality where the prisoner was arrested or convicted.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-206.1; 1956, c. 681; 1970, c. 648; 1974, c. 553; 1979,\nc. 700; 1982, c. 636; 1999, c. 990; 2010, c. 547.","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}}