53.1-79 - Jails for United States prisoners; payment by United States. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-79. Jails for United States prisoners; payment by United States.

The sheriff of any county or city or jail superintendent of any regional jailmay receive into his jail any person committed thereto under the authority ofthe United States, and keep him safely according to the warrant or precept ofcommitment, until he shall be discharged under the laws of the United States.But no person arrested on civil process shall, under this section, becommitted to any jail other than that of the county or city within which suchperson resides or is found.

The county or city or regional jail authority or, if none, the bodyresponsible for the fiscal management of the regional jail shall be paid bythe United States for the support of any such prisoner.

(Code 1950, § 53-145; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 1991, c. 383.)