Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org8306153.1-26Confiscation of prohibited articles2025Prisons and Other Methods of CorrectionState Correctional FacilitiesGeneral Provisions

Any item of personal property which a prisoner in any state correctional facility is prohibited from possessing by the Code of Virginia or by the rules of the Director shall, when found in the possession of a prisoner, be confiscated and sold or destroyed as the Director may direct. Any funds from the sale of such property shall be invested and used as provided in § 53.1-44.

Code 1950, § 53-23.1; 1968, c. 222; 1982, c. 636.