53.1-221 - Appointment of committee; bond.
§ 53.1-221. Appointment of committee; bond.
A. When a person is convicted of a felony and sentenced to confinement in astate correctional facility, his estate, both real and personal, may, onmotion of any party interested, be committed by the circuit court of thecounty or city in which his estate, or some part thereof is, to a personselected by the court.
B. If a person so convicted and sentenced, whether a resident or anonresident of Virginia, has no property or estate in the Commonwealth, acommittee may be appointed for him, on motion of any party interested, by thecircuit court of the county or city wherein the offense for which he wasconvicted was committed.
C. A committee appointed pursuant to this section shall give such bond,either secured or unsecured, as is required by the court and shall be subjectto all applicable provisions of Title 26.
D. A person for whom a committee is appointed pursuant to this section is notthereby deprived of the capacity to make a will and, unless and until acommittee is appointed, such person shall continue to have the same capacity,rights, powers, and authority over his estate, affairs, and property that hehad prior to such conviction and sentencing.
(Code 1950, §§ 53-305, 53-306; 1952, c. 293; 1982, c. 636; 2007, c. 508.)