                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRANSFER OF PRISONERS CONVICTED OF DESIGNATED ILLEGAL ACTS (§ 53.1-220.1)

With the consent of the appropriate state authorities, the Immigration and
Naturalization Service may, following notification under § 19.2-294.2, take
physical custody of and responsibility for any alien convicted of any (i) felony
offense involving murder, rape, robbery, burglary, larceny, extortion, or
abduction, or (ii) illegal drug violation designated as a felony under Article 1
(§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. The director, sheriff or other
official in charge of the facility in which such alien is incarcerated may enter
into an agreement, which includes provisions relating to reimbursement, with the
Immigration and Naturalization Service to retain custody or supervision of such
alien until he is deported or until other mutually satisfactory arrangements are
made to transfer custody of such alien to the Service.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 247.