Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration

Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-20.1
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If the Director is unable to accommodate in a state correctional facility any convicted felon sentenced to the Department for a felony committed before January 1, 1995, whose sentence totals more than two years or who is convicted of a felony committed on or after January 1, 1995, and who is required to serve a total period of one year or more in a state correctional facility, the Department of Corrections shall compensate local jails for the cost of incarceration as provided for in the general appropriation act beginning on the sixty-first day following the date of mailing by certified letter or electronic transmittal by the clerk of the committing court to the Director of the final order. 1982, c. 680; 1990, cc. 676, 768; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1 , 2 ; 1997, c. 775 .
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/53.1-20.1/Fetched: 10/16/2026

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