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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1982, chapter 636; in 1983, chapter 358; in 1991, chapter 383.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76227,"section_number":"15.2-1609.8","catch_line":"Payments to counties having certain optional forms of organization and government","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1609.8\/"},{"id":65680,"section_number":"53.1-85","catch_line":"Time and manner of payment","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-85\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238439,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56037,"identifier":"53.1-91","token":"53.1\/3\/3\/53.1-91","url":"\/53.1-91\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-91\/","token":"53.1\/3\/3\/53.1-91","dublin_core":{"Title":"Pay for prisoners from other counties, cities or towns","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-91","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each sheriff or jail superintendent shall collect from the counties, cities and towns of the Commonwealth, other than the county, city or region for which he is elected or appointed, and from any other state or country for which any prisoner is held in such jail, the reasonable costs of guarding, feeding, clothing, caring for and furnishing medicine and medical attention for prisoners held for such county, city, town, state or country, to be determined by agreement with the governmental unit involved, or, in the absence of such agreement, as shall be determined by the governing body of his county, city or regional jail.\n\t\tThe term “reasonable costs,” as used in this section, means an amount not to exceed actual costs, including depreciation, less such amounts as may be paid by the Commonwealth pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-1609.8<\/a> and 53.1-85<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAY FOR PRISONERS FROM OTHER COUNTIES, CITIES OR TOWNS (\u00a7 53.1-91)\n\nEach sheriff or jail superintendent shall collect from the counties, cities and\ntowns of the Commonwealth, other than the county, city or region for which he is\nelected or appointed, and from any other state or country for which any prisoner\nis held in such jail, the reasonable costs of guarding, feeding, clothing,\ncaring for and furnishing medicine and medical attention for prisoners held for\nsuch county, city, town, state or country, to be determined by agreement with\nthe governmental unit involved, or, in the absence of such agreement, as shall\nbe determined by the governing body of his county, city or regional jail.\n\t\tThe term “reasonable costs,” as used in this section, means an\namount not to exceed actual costs, including depreciation, less such amounts as\nmay be paid by the Commonwealth pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-1609.8 and 53.1-85.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-182; 1982, c. 636; 1983, c. 358; 1991, c. 383.","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}}