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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54498</law_id><section_number>53.1-121</section_number><catch_line>Sheriffs to make daily reports to Compensation Board; failure to send report</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-85</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Duties of Sheriffs</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The sheriff shall report each day to the Compensation <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, giving the record of each prisoner received during the preceding day in an electronic format approved by the Compensation <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, stating whether the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> is for violation of state <span class="dictionary">law</span> or of city or town <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>.
		If any sheriff fails to send such report, the Compensation <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall notify the sheriff of such failure. If the sheriff fails to make the report within ten days, then the Compensation <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall cause the report to be prepared from the books of the sheriff and shall certify the cost thereof to the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> his warrant on the Treasurer for that amount, deducting the same from any funds that may be due the sheriff by the Commonwealth.
		The computer-generated report shall be authenticated by both the chief jailer and the sheriff who shall certify the accuracy of the report. Either authenticator found guilty of willfully falsifying the information contained in such report shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-169; 1972, c. 573; 1982, c. 636; 1983, c. 358; 1996, c. 288; 1998, cc. 204, 350; 2006, cc. 857, 914.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
