                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE; BOND (§ 53.1-221)

A. When a person is convicted of a felony and sentenced to confinement in a
state correctional facility, his estate, both real and personal, may, on motion
of any party interested, be committed by the circuit court of the county or city
in which his estate, or some part thereof is, to a person selected by the court.

B. If a person so convicted and sentenced, whether a resident or a nonresident
of Virginia, has no property or estate in the Commonwealth, a committee may be
appointed for him, on motion of any party interested, by the circuit court of
the county or city wherein the offense for which he was convicted was committed.

C. A committee appointed pursuant to this section shall give such bond, either
secured or unsecured, as is required by the court and shall be subject to all
applicable provisions of Part A (&#xA7; 64.2-1200 et seq.) of Subtitle IV of
Title 64.2.

D. A person for whom a committee is appointed pursuant to this section is not
thereby deprived of the capacity to make a will and, unless and until a
committee is appointed, such person shall continue to have the same capacity,
rights, powers, and authority over his estate, affairs, and property that he had
prior to such conviction and sentencing.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 53-305, 53-306; 1952, c. 293; 1982, c. 636; 2007, c.
508.