{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-31.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 53.1-31.1","heading":"Transportation of prisoners","body":"A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department shall provide all transportation to and from court for any prisoner in connection with a crime committed within a state correctional facility, including a facility operated pursuant to the Corrections Private Services Act (§ 53.1-261 et seq.), unless the affected sheriff and the Department agree on other transportation. Auxiliary police forces established under § 15.2-1731 who have met the training requirements of § 9.1-102, with the concurrence of the sheriff or other chief law-enforcement officer as appropriate, are specifically authorized to provide such transportation.B. Authorized corrections personnel from any other state, the United States, and any political subdivisions thereof who transport a prisoner through the Commonwealth, deliver a prisoner to the Commonwealth, or take custody of a prisoner in the Commonwealth for transport to another jurisdiction are deemed to have lawful custody of such prisoner while in the Commonwealth.C. Authorized Virginia corrections personnel who have a need to travel with a prisoner through or to another state are authorized to travel through such state and retain authority over such prisoner as allowed by such state.2002, c. 240; 2003, c. 154; 2012, c. 827; 2015, c. 99; 2025, c. 337.","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/53.1-31.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:19Z","sha256":"60bd57ebaa71eec40dc97622da934a3b1211b345d9e29f4f4d100fb704f8c5bc","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-31","next":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-31.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}