6.1-70.1 - (Repealed effective October 1, 2010) Deposits in and withdrawals from accounts of convicts.
§ 6.1-70.1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2010) Deposits in and withdrawalsfrom accounts of convicts.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 11 (§ 53.1-221 et seq.) of Title53.1, a person convicted of a felony and sentenced to confinement in a statecorrectional institution for one year or longer, with the written consent ofthe Director of the Department of Corrections or his authorized delegate, mayhave a bank account, free from control of all persons except the Director ofthe Department of Corrections and a committee appointed pursuant to theprovisions of § 53.1-221. Whenever a deposit shall be made in a bank accountby a convict, the deposit shall be held for the exclusive right and benefitof the convict. The check, order or receipt of the convict shall be acomplete and sufficient release and discharge for any payments so made fromthe deposit in the bank, until such time as the bank shall be notified inwriting by a duly qualified committee or the Director of the Department ofCorrections, or his duly authorized delegate, not to permit furtherwithdrawals from that account. Upon receipt of such written notice orcommencing on the banking day following the date of receipt of such writtennotice, the bank shall not permit further withdrawal, except with the consentof the committee or the Director of the Department of Corrections, or hisdelegate. A bank may further accept, pay or collect items on account forproceeds of collection of a bank account of a convict, despite his convictionor confinement or the bank's knowledge thereof, until it receives writtendirections to the contrary from the committee of such convict or the Directorof the Department of Corrections.
(1982, c. 593.)