                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED PERSONAL PROPERTY OF PRISONER (§ 53.1-228)

If any prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility, upon being
transferred to another facility, leaves personal property valued at less than
$100 in the custody of such facility for 30 days after his transfer without
making a claim therefor, or if any prisoner, upon being released or having
escaped, leaves such property at the time of his release or escape, the Director
or the sheriff, as the case may be, may sell such property at public sale or may
otherwise dispose of the property. The proceeds of such sale shall escheat to
the Commonwealth and shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
Literary Fund.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-312.1; 1956, c. 344; 1981, c. 497; 1982, c. 636; 2010,
c. 124.