53.1-130 - Sheriffs, jail superintendents, etc., not to be interested in property where work performed; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-130. Sheriffs, jail superintendents, etc., not to be interested inproperty where work performed; penalty.

No sheriff, jail superintendent, deputy or other jail officer shall have anyprisoner work on property owned by him or by his relative, or on projects inwhich he is interested, nor shall any such prisoner be used for the personalgain or convenience of any sheriff or of any other individual. Any personfound guilty of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 53-166; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 1991, c. 383.)