# Article 1 General Provisions

This article is comprised of the following sections:

- §53.1-18 Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property
- §53.1-19 Establishment of correctional institutions
- §53.1-20 Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director
- §53.1-20.1 Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration
- §53.1-21 Transfer of prisoners into and between state and local correctional facilities
- §53.1-22 Misdemeanant suspected of having contagious disease
- §53.1-23 Fingerprints, photographs and description
- §53.1-23.1 Repealed
- §53.1-23.2 Department to give notice of the receipt of certain prisoners
- §53.1-24 Record of convictions and register to be kept
- §53.1-25 Director to prescribe rules; rules to be available to prisoners
- §53.1-25.1 Rules of state correctional facilities
- §53.1-26 Confiscation of prohibited articles
- §53.1-27 Establishment of stores in state correctional facilities
- §53.1-28 Authority to fix discharge date; improper release; warrant, arrest and hearing
- §53.1-29 Authority for correctional officers and other employees to carry weapons
- §53.1-30 Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering
- §53.1-31 Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals
- §53.1-31.1 Transportation of prisoners
- §53.1-31.2 Notification of child support due by a prisoner
- §53.1-31.3 Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance
- §53.1-31.4 (Effective July 1, 2026) Government-issued identification; Department of Corrections-issued identification