Virginia Statutes
§ 53.1-119 — Court duties of sheriff
Virginia § 53.1-119
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 53.1PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION
Ch. 3LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Art. 6DUTIES OF SHERIFFS
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-119 (2026).
Text
The sheriff shall provide officers to attend the courts within his jurisdiction while such courts are in session as the respective judges may require. The sheriff, or the superintendent of a regional jail or jail farm, shall receive into the jail facility all persons committed by the order of such courts, or under process issuing therefrom, and all persons committed by any other lawful authority.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 53-162; 1982, c. 636; 1995, c. 112.
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Farm expenses§ 53.1-106
Members of jail or jail farm board or regional jail authority; powers; payment of pro rata costs§ 53.1-106.1
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Virginia § 53.1-119, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/53.1-119.