{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/53.1-5.2.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/53.1-5.2.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/53.1-5.2.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/53.1-5.2.html"}],"law_id":367781,"edition_id":2,"section_id":367781,"structure_id":52407,"section_number":"53.1-5.2","catch_line":"Compilation of certain data for redistricting purposes","history":"2020, cc. 1229, 1265.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Board shall direct the sheriffs of all local jails and the jail superintendents of all regional jails to provide to it, no later than May 1 of any year in which the decennial census is taken, information regarding each person incarcerated in a local or regional jail on April 1 of that year. Such information shall include, for each person incarcerated, (i) his residential street address at the time of incarceration, or other legal residence, if known; (ii) his race, his ethnicity as identified by him, and whether he is 18 years of age or older; and (iii) the street address of the correctional facility in which he was incarcerated on April 1 of that year. Upon receipt of such information, the Board shall assign to each person a unique identifier, other than his name or offender identification number.\n\nB\n\nPursuant to § 24.2-314, the Board shall provide to the Division of Legislative Services, not later than July 1 of any year in which the decennial census is taken and in a format specified by the Division of Legislative Services, the information specified in subsection A, including the Board-assigned unique identifier.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1369019,"text":"The Board shall direct the sheriffs of all local jails and the jail superintendents of all regional jails to provide to it, no later than May 1 of any year in which the decennial census is taken, information regarding each person incarcerated in a local or regional jail on April 1 of that year. Such information shall include, for each person incarcerated, (i) his residential street address at the time of incarceration, or other legal residence, if known; (ii) his race, his ethnicity as identified by him, and whether he is 18 years of age or older; and (iii) the street address of the correctional facility in which he was incarcerated on April 1 of that year. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 1229<\/a> and 1265<\/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":[{"id":355775,"section_number":"24.2-314","catch_line":"Population data; reallocation of prison populations","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-314\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1464637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367781,"identifier":"53.1-5.2","token":"53.1\/1\/2\/53.1-5.2","url":"\/53.1-5.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-5.2\/","token":"53.1\/1\/2\/53.1-5.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compilation of certain data for redistricting purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-5.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall direct the sheriffs of all local jails and the jail superintendents of all regional jails to provide to it, no later than May 1 of any year in which the decennial census is taken, information regarding each person incarcerated in a local or regional jail on April 1 of that year. Such information shall include, for each person incarcerated, (i) his residential street address at the time of incarceration, or other legal residence, if known; (ii) his race, his ethnicity as identified by him, and whether he is 18 years of age or older; and (iii) the street address of the correctional facility in which he was incarcerated on April 1 of that year. Upon receipt of such information, the Board<\/span> shall assign to each person a unique identifier, other than his name or offender identification number. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Pursuant to § 24.2-314<\/a>, the Board<\/span> shall provide to the Division of Legislative Services, not later than July 1 of any year in which the decennial census is taken and in a format specified by the Division of Legislative Services, the information specified in subsection A, including the Board<\/span>-assigned unique identifier. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPILATION OF CERTAIN DATA FOR REDISTRICTING PURPOSES (\u00a7 53.1-5.2)\n\nA. The Board shall direct the sheriffs of all local jails and the jail\nsuperintendents of all regional jails to provide to it, no later than May 1 of\nany year in which the decennial census is taken, information regarding each\nperson incarcerated in a local or regional jail on April 1 of that year. Such\ninformation shall include, for each person incarcerated, (i) his residential\nstreet address at the time of incarceration, or other legal residence, if known;\n(ii) his race, his ethnicity as identified by him, and whether he is 18 years of\nage or older; and (iii) the street address of the correctional facility in which\nhe was incarcerated on April 1 of that year. Upon receipt of such information,\nthe Board shall assign to each person a unique identifier, other than his name\nor offender identification number.\n\nB. Pursuant to § 24.2-314, the Board shall provide to the Division of\nLegislative Services, not later than July 1 of any year in which the decennial\ncensus is taken and in a format specified by the Division of Legislative\nServices, the information specified in subsection A, including the\nBoard-assigned unique identifier.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 1229, 1265.","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"}}