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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 883<\/a> and 996<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85415,"section_number":"19.2-244","catch_line":"Venue in general","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-244\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164699,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79339,"identifier":"18.2-517","token":"18.2\/13\/18.2-517","url":"\/18.2-517\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-517\/","token":"18.2\/13\/18.2-517","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue for prosecution","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-517","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of venue<\/span>, any violation of this chapter shall be considered to have been committed in any county or city:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> In which any act was performed in furtherance of any course of conduct that violates this chapter; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> That is the principal place of the enterprise<\/span> in the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> In which any offender had control or possession<\/span> of any proceeds<\/span> of a violation of this chapter, or of any records, or any other material<\/span> or objects<\/span>, which were used in furtherance of a violation; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> In which any offender resides; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Any place of venue<\/span> under Article 2 (§ 19.2-244<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 19.2. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE FOR PROSECUTION (\u00a7 18.2-517)\n\nFor the purposes of venue, any violation of this chapter shall be considered to\nhave been committed in any county or city:\n\n1. In which any act was performed in furtherance of any course of conduct that\nviolates this chapter;\n\n2. That is the principal place of the enterprise in the Commonwealth;\n\n3. In which any offender had control or possession of any proceeds of a\nviolation of this chapter, or of any records, or any other material or objects,\nwhich were used in furtherance of a violation;\n\n4. In which any offender resides; or\n\n5. Any place of venue under Article 2 (§ 19.2-244 et seq.) of Chapter 15 of\nTitle 19.2.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 883, 996.","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}}