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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1977, chapter 624; in 1978, chapter 421.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68579,"section_number":"43-36","catch_line":"Appeals, how taken and tried","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-36\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72168,"section_number":"16.1-77","catch_line":"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-77\/"},{"id":77027,"section_number":"8.01-257","catch_line":"Venue generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-257\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75457,"identifier":"16.1-76","token":"16.1\/6\/1\/16.1-76","url":"\/16.1-76\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-76\/","token":"16.1\/6\/1\/16.1-76","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-76","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In all <span class=\"dictionary\">civil actions<\/span> over which the general district <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> have <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim\" href=\"\/16.1-77\/\">16.1-77<\/a>, <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span> shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Venue generally\" href=\"\/8.01-257\/\">8.01-257<\/a> et seq.) of Title 8.01.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE (\u00a7 16.1-76)\n\nIn all civil actions over which the general district courts have jurisdiction\npursuant to \u00a7 16.1-77, venue shall be determined in accordance with the\nprovisions of Chapter 5 (\u00a7 8.01-257 et seq.) of Title 8.01.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1977, c. 624; 1978, c. 421.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}