§ 53.1-116 What records and policy jailer shall keep; how time deducted or added for felons and misdemeanants; payment of fine and costs by person committed to jail until he pays.
§ 53.1-116.1 Jailer to give notice of release of certain prisoners.
§ 53.1-116.1:01 Jailer to give notice of intake of certain prisoners.
§ 53.1-116.1:02 Jailer-issued identification.
§ 53.1-116.2 Sheriffs to be keepers of jails.
§ 53.1-116.3 Improper release; capias, arrest and hearing.
§ 53.1-117 Violations of rules to be recorded in register.
§ 53.1-118 Courts to fine sheriffs for failure to perform duties.
§ 53.1-119 Court duties of sheriff.
§ 53.1-120 Sheriff to provide for courthouse and courtroom security; designation of deputies for such purpose; assessment.
§ 53.1-121 Sheriffs to make daily reports to Compensation Board; failure to send report.
§ 53.1-122 Daily records of sheriffs and jail superintendents.
§ 53.1-123 Other accounts, information and records as required by Department.
§ 53.1-124 Sheriffs and jail superintendents to report to the courts.
§ 53.1-125 Failure of sheriffs or jail superintendents to comply with requirements of board; filing of complaint; withholding salary.
§ 53.1-126 Responsibility of sheriffs and jail superintendents for food, clothing and medicine.
§ 53.1-127 Who may enter interior of local correctional facilities; searches of those entering.
§ 53.1-127.1 Establishment of stores in local correctional facilities.
§ 53.1-127.2 Fees for telephonic communication systems and electronic visitation and messaging systems for prisoners in local correctional facilities.
§ 53.1-127.3 Deferred or installment payment agreement for unpaid fees.
§ 53.1-127.4 Repealed.
§ 53.1-127.5 Collection of fees owed; contract for collection; duties of Department of Taxation.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 53.1 > Chapter 3 > Article 6 - Duties of Sheriffs.

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Director: means the Director of the Department of Corrections. See Virginia Code 53.1-1
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • farm: means any person that obtains at least 51 percent of its annual gross income from agricultural operations and produces the agricultural waste used as feedstock for the waste-to-energy technology, (ii) "agricultural waste" means biomass waste materials capable of decomposition that are produced from the raising of plants and animals during agricultural operations, including animal manures, bedding, plant stalks, hulls, and vegetable matter, and (iii) "waste-to-energy technology" means any technology, including but not limited to a methane digester, that converts agricultural waste into gas, steam, or heat that is used to generate electricity on-site. See Virginia Code 1-222.1
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Jail officer: means a duly sworn employee of a local correctional facility, except for deputy sheriffs, whose normal duties relate to maintaining immediate control, supervision and custody of prisoners confined in any local correctional facility. See Virginia Code 53.1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local correctional facility: means any jail, jail farm or other place used for the detention or incarceration of adult offenders, excluding a lock-up, which is owned, maintained, or operated by any political subdivision or combination of political subdivisions of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 53.1-1
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • sworn: means "affirm" or "affirmed. See Virginia Code 1-250
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255