53.1-26 - Confiscation of prohibited articles. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-26. Confiscation of prohibited articles.

Any item of personal property which a prisoner in any state correctionalfacility is prohibited from possessing by the Code of Virginia or by therules of the Director shall, when found in the possession of a prisoner, beconfiscated and sold or destroyed as the Director may direct. Any funds fromthe sale of such property shall be invested and used as provided in § 53.1-44.

(Code 1950, § 53-23.1; 1968, c. 222; 1982, c. 636.)