6.2-894 - (Effective October 1, 2010) Deposits in and withdrawals from accounts of convicts.
§ 6.2-894. (Effective October 1, 2010) Deposits in and withdrawals fromaccounts of convicts.
A. 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, may have a bank account, freefrom control of all persons except the Director of the Department ofCorrections and a committee appointed pursuant to the provisions of §53.1-221. A deposit made in a bank account by a convict shall be held for theexclusive right and benefit of the convict. The check, order, or receipt ofthe convict shall be a complete and sufficient release and discharge for anypayments made from the deposit in the bank, until the bank is notified inwriting by a duly qualified committee or the Director of the Department ofCorrections not to permit further withdrawals from that account.
B. Upon receipt of such written notice or commencing on the banking dayfollowing the date of receipt of such written notice, the bank shall notpermit further withdrawal, except with the consent of the committee or theDirector of the Department of Corrections. A bank may further accept, pay orcollect items on account for proceeds of collection of a bank account of aconvict, despite his conviction or confinement or the bank's knowledgethereof, until it receives written directions to the contrary from thecommittee of such convict or the Director of the Department of Corrections.
(1982, c. 593, § 6.1-70.1; 2010, c. 794.)