Virginia § 53.1-20.1 Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration

Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-20.1 — Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration

Virginia § 53.1-20.1

Title 53.1PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION

Ch. 2STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

Art. 1General Provisions

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Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-20.1 (2026).

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If the Director is unable to accommodate in a state correctional facility any convicted felon sentenced to the Department for a felony committed before January 1, 1995, whose sentence totals more than two years or who is convicted of a felony committed on or after January 1, 1995, and who is required to serve a total period of one year or more in a state correctional facility, the Department of Corrections shall compensate local jails for the cost of incarceration as provided for in the general appropriation act beginning on the sixty-first day following the date of mailing by certified letter or electronic transmittal by the clerk of the committing court to the Director of the final order.

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If the Director is unable to accommodate in a state correctional facility any convicted felon sentenced to the Department for a felony committed before January 1, 1995, whose sentence totals more than two years or who is convicted of a felony committed on or after January 1, 1995, and who is required to serve a total period of one year or more in a state correctional facility, the Department of Corrections shall compensate local jails for the cost of incarceration as provided for in the general appropriation act beginning on the sixty-first day following the date of mailing by certified letter or electronic transmittal by the clerk of the committing court to the Director of the final order.