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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367681</law_id><section_number>53.1-214</section_number><catch_line>Authority and duty of official in charge of facility</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="117" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="8" identifier="8">Agreement on Detainers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the superintendent, warden or other official in charge of a state or <span class="dictionary">local correctional facility</span> in this Commonwealth to give over the person of any prisoner thereof whenever so required by the operation of the Agreement on Detainers.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-304.6; 1970, c. 407; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
