{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-20.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 53.1-20.1","heading":"Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration","body":"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.1982, c. 680; 1990, cc. 676, 768; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1997, c. 775.","path":["Title 53.1. PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION","Chapter 2. STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES","Article 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/53.1-20.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:19Z","sha256":"506543c959c8df4e7434df0d926ff0c02f7ab1c46d2770c06ab6b522a393d011","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-20","next":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}