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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>53940</law_id><section_number>53.1-18</section_number><catch_line>Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property</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="2">State Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall have <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of both the real and personal property of state correctional facilities. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> is authorized to institute and <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> in the name of the Commonwealth any suit or proceeding to protect the rights of the Commonwealth in such property.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-20; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 2020, c. 759.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
