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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 260<\/a> and 284<\/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. 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 2017, chapter 205<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":367749,"section_number":"53.1-40.01","catch_line":"Conditional release of geriatric prisoners","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-40.01\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1465119,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367770,"identifier":"53.1-43.1","token":"53.1\/2\/3\/53.1-43.1","url":"\/53.1-43.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-43.1\/","token":"53.1\/2\/3\/53.1-43.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inmate trust accounts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-43.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In addition to any other account established to hold funds for inmates, the Department<\/span> shall establish for each inmate a personal trust account. Unless an inmate has been sentenced to be executed, is serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole<\/span>, or is sentenced to a term that makes him ineligible for release, excluding the conditional release of geriatric prisoners pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-40.01<\/a>, prior to 75 years of age, 10 percent of any funds received by an inmate from any source shall be deposited by the Department<\/span> in the inmate’s personal trust account until the account has a balance of $1,000. When the inmate’s personal trust account reaches $1,000, any funds received by the inmate shall be deposited in the inmate’s other account.<\/p>

An inmate may direct the Department<\/span> at any time to deposit a portion or all of any funds received by him in the inmate’s personal trust account. After the balance of a personal trust account has exceeded $1,000, an inmate may direct the Department<\/span> to transfer funds from his personal trust account to any other account maintained for him; provided, however, that the balance of the personal trust account shall not fall below $1,000.<\/p>

Funds in an inmate’s personal trust account shall be paid to the inmate upon parole<\/span> or final discharge.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINMATE TRUST ACCOUNTS (\u00a7 53.1-43.1)\n\nIn addition to any other account established to hold funds for inmates, the\nDepartment shall establish for each inmate a personal trust account. Unless an\ninmate has been sentenced to be executed, is serving a sentence of life without\nthe possibility of parole, or is sentenced to a term that makes him ineligible\nfor release, excluding the conditional release of geriatric prisoners pursuant\nto \u00a7 53.1-40.01, prior to 75 years of age, 10 percent of any funds received by\nan inmate from any source shall be deposited by the Department in the\ninmate’s personal trust account until the account has a balance of $1,000.\nWhen the inmate’s personal trust account reaches $1,000, any funds\nreceived by the inmate shall be deposited in the inmate’s other account.\n\nAn inmate may direct the Department at any time to deposit a portion or all of\nany funds received by him in the inmate’s personal trust account. After\nthe balance of a personal trust account has exceeded $1,000, an inmate may\ndirect the Department to transfer funds from his personal trust account to any\nother account maintained for him; provided, however, that the balance of the\npersonal trust account shall not fall below $1,000.\n\nFunds in an inmate’s personal trust account shall be paid to the inmate\nupon parole or final discharge.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 260, 284; 2017, c. 205.","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"}}