Virginia § 20-62 - Commitment to workhouse, city farm or work squad for such desertion
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 20-62 — Commitment to workhouse, city farm or work squad for such desertion, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-62. Commitment to workhouse, city farm or work squad for such desertion
In the event that the cities or counties of this Commonwealth or any of them establish workhouses, city farms or work squads on which prisoners are put to work, persons convicted of nonsupport under the provisions of this chapter may be committed to the farms, workhouses or work squads instead of to jail. Persons sentenced to jail or to a workhouse or city farm under the provisions of this chapter shall be required to do such work as they are capable of in accordance with the opinion of the physician examining such persons pursuant to § 53.1-33 and shall be returned, when released, to the court which exercised original jurisdiction in the case and by that court may be placed on probation upon the terms and conditions and in the manner prescribed by law for probation of original offenders in such cases.
1944, p. 210; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1936; 1954, c. 481; 1970, c. 630; 1978, c. 377.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 20-62 ("Commitment to workhouse, city farm or work squad for such desertion") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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