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2010 SESSION
10101983DBe 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.