Virginia Statutes
§ 53.1-74 — When court may adopt jail of another county or city
Virginia § 53.1-74
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 53.1PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION
Ch. 3LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Art. 2UTILIZATION OF JAILS
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-74 (2026).
Text
When a county or city is without an adequate jail, or its jail is to be removed, rebuilt or repaired, the circuit court thereof shall adopt as its jail the jail of another county or city until it can obtain an adequate jail. All persons committed or ordered committed to the jail of the first mentioned county or city, at or after such adoption and before an adequate jail be so obtained, shall be conveyed to the jail so adopted.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 53-139; 1982, c. 636.
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Virginia § 53.1-74, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/53.1/53.1-74.