{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-26","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 53.1-26","heading":"Confiscation of prohibited articles","body":"Any item of personal property which a prisoner in any state correctional facility is prohibited from possessing by the Code of Virginia or by the rules of the Director shall, when found in the possession of a prisoner, be confiscated and sold or destroyed as the Director may direct. Any funds from the 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.","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/53.1-26/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:19Z","sha256":"1666244073470f0cced0419c309e453a824cfb7174ed94a5c00b1afde1c3f2d2","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-25.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}