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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60739</law_id><section_number>53.1-140</section_number><catch_line>Powers and duties of Director of Department</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="4">Probation and Parole</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Corrections shall:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Direct and supervise the work of all <span class="dictionary">probation</span> and <span class="dictionary">parole</span> officers employed and authorized as officers of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> pursuant to the provisions of this article and the Virginia Personnel Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; purpose" href="/2.2-2900/">2.2-2900</a> et seq.); <a id="paragraph-222060" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-140/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Carry or cause to be carried into effect all <span class="dictionary">orders</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and all rules and regulations adopted by it pursuant to the provisions of this article; <a id="paragraph-222061" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-140/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Prepare and submit to the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth lists of persons suitable and qualified, in his <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, for authorization as <span class="dictionary">probation</span> and <span class="dictionary">parole</span> officers pursuant to the provisions of this article; and <a id="paragraph-222062" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-140/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Coordinate with the <span class="dictionary">Parole</span> <span class="dictionary">Board</span> the activities of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Corrections that relate to <span class="dictionary">parole</span>. <a id="paragraph-222063" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-140/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-241.1; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1979, c. 700; 1981, c. 276; 1982, c. 636; 2003, c. 944.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
