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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 102<\/a> and 211<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1464755,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367689,"identifier":"53.1-220.2","token":"53.1\/10\/53.1-220.2","url":"\/53.1-220.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-220.2\/","token":"53.1\/10\/53.1-220.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer of certain incarcerated persons to Immigration and Customs Enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-220.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span>, sheriff, or other official in charge of the facility in which an alien is incarcerated may, upon receipt of a detainer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, transfer custody<\/span> of the alien to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement no more than five days prior to the date that he would otherwise be released from custody<\/span>. Upon transfer of custody<\/span>, notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the alien shall receive credit for the number of days remaining before he would otherwise have been released.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER OF CERTAIN INCARCERATED PERSONS TO IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT\n(\u00a7 53.1-220.2)\n\nThe Director, sheriff, or other official in charge of the facility in which an\nalien is incarcerated may, upon receipt of a detainer from U.S. Immigration and\nCustoms Enforcement, transfer custody of the alien to U.S. Immigration and\nCustoms Enforcement no more than five days prior to the date that he would\notherwise be released from custody. Upon transfer of custody, notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, the alien shall receive credit for the number of\ndays remaining before he would otherwise have been released.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 102, 211.","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"}}