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Such delivery may be conditioned upon the return of the prisoner under such circumstances as the Governor may prescribe.\n\nAny officer of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state to whom custody of any such prisoner has been surrendered, is hereby clothed with the authority and powers of a sheriff or a state correctional officer with respect to the custody of the prisoner in this Commonwealth.\n\nAny duly authorized officer of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state, while engaged in transporting through Virginia to any other state any prisoner of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state, lawfully taken or surrendered into his custody either within or without Virginia in any manner, shall while transporting such prisoner into or through Virginia, be clothed with all of the authority and powers of a sheriff or of a state correctional officer with respect to the custody of the prisoner in this Commonwealth.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1368694,"text":"If a similar certificate, similarly executed, shall state that a prisoner has been indicted or stands legally charged with a crime outside Virginia, the Director may, with the approval of the Governor, likewise deliver the prisoner to the officer presenting the certificate. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1982, chapter 636.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1466271,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367674,"identifier":"53.1-208","token":"53.1\/7\/2\/53.1-208","url":"\/53.1-208\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-208\/","token":"53.1\/7\/2\/53.1-208","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prisoners indicted or charged with crime outside Virginia; certificate; authority of officer with custody of prisoner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a similar certificate, similarly executed, shall state that a prisoner has been indicted or stands legally charged with a crime<\/span> outside Virginia, the Director<\/span> may, with the approval of the Governor, likewise deliver the prisoner to the officer presenting the certificate. Such delivery may be conditioned upon the return of the prisoner under such circumstances as the Governor may prescribe.<\/p>

Any officer of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state to whom custody<\/span> of any such prisoner has been surrendered, is hereby clothed with the authority and powers of a sheriff or a state correctional officer<\/span> with respect to the custody<\/span> of the prisoner in this Commonwealth.<\/p>

Any duly authorized officer of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state, while engaged in transporting through Virginia to any other state any prisoner of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state, lawfully taken or surrendered into his custody<\/span> either within or without Virginia in any manner, shall while transporting such prisoner into or through Virginia, be clothed with all of the authority and powers of a sheriff or of a state correctional officer<\/span> with respect to the custody<\/span> of the prisoner in this Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRISONERS INDICTED OR CHARGED WITH CRIME OUTSIDE VIRGINIA; CERTIFICATE;\nAUTHORITY OF OFFICER WITH CUSTODY OF PRISONER (\u00a7 53.1-208)\n\nIf a similar certificate, similarly executed, shall state that a prisoner has\nbeen indicted or stands legally charged with a crime outside Virginia, the\nDirector may, with the approval of the Governor, likewise deliver the prisoner\nto the officer presenting the certificate. Such delivery may be conditioned upon\nthe return of the prisoner under such circumstances as the Governor may\nprescribe.\n\nAny officer of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state\nto whom custody of any such prisoner has been surrendered, is hereby clothed\nwith the authority and powers of a sheriff or a state correctional officer with\nrespect to the custody of the prisoner in this Commonwealth.\n\nAny duly authorized officer of the United States, the District of Columbia, or\nany other state, while engaged in transporting through Virginia to any other\nstate any prisoner of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other\nstate, lawfully taken or surrendered into his custody either within or without\nVirginia in any manner, shall while transporting such prisoner into or through\nVirginia, be clothed with all of the authority and powers of a sheriff or of a\nstate correctional officer with respect to the custody of the prisoner in this\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-303; 1982, c. 636.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}