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HOUSE BILL NO. 256 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 11, 2010 A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-228 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposal of unclaimed personal property of prisoner. ---------- Patron-- Miller, P.J. ---------- Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 53.1-228 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 53.1-228. Disposal of unclaimed personal property of prisoner.

If any prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility, upon being released or having escaped, leaves personal property valued at less than $100 in the custody of such facility for six months 30 days after his release or escape without making a claim therefor, the Director or the sheriff, as the case may be, may sell such property at public sale or may otherwise dispose of the property. The proceeds of such sale shall escheat to the Commonwealth and shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Literary Fund.