§ 19.2-249.2 Venue for prosecution of computer and other crimes
For the purpose of venue, any violation of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act (§ 18.2-152.1 et seq.) or § 18.2-386.1 shall be considered to have been committed in any county or city:
1. In which any act was performed in furtherance of any course of conduct that violated any provision listed above;
2. In which the owner has his principal place of business in the Commonwealth;
3. In which any offender had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation or of any books, records, documents, property, financial instrument, computer software, computer program, computer data, or other material or objects that were used in furtherance of the violation;
4. From which, to which, or through which any access to a computer or computer network was made whether by wires, electromagnetic waves, microwaves, optics or any other means of communication;
6. In which any computer that is an object or an instrument of the violation is located at the time of the alleged offense.
History
This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 746, 761, and 827 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2015, chapter 423.
2005, cc. 746, 761, 827; 2015, c. 423.