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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55687</law_id><section_number>53.1-72</section_number><catch_line>Jails of counties and cities to be jails of courts therein</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="3">Local Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Utilization of Jails</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The jail of each county and city shall be the jail of every <span class="dictionary">court</span> established therein by <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-137; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
