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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 543 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168853,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75289,"identifier":"19.2-215.8","token":"19.2\/13\/4\/19.2-215.8","url":"\/19.2-215.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-215.8\/","token":"19.2\/13\/4\/19.2-215.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Returning a “true bill” of indictment; jurisdiction to be set out","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-215.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In order<\/span> to return a “true bill<\/span>” of indictment<\/span>, a majority, but in no instance less than five, of the multi-jurisdiction<\/span> grand jurors must concur in that finding<\/span>. A multi-jurisdiction<\/span> grand jury<\/span> may return a “true bill<\/span>” of indictment<\/span> upon the testimony<\/span> of, or evidence<\/span> produced by, any witness<\/span> who was called by the grand jury<\/span>, upon evidence<\/span> presented to it by special counsel<\/span>, or upon evidence<\/span> sent to it by the presiding judge<\/span>.\n\t\tEvery “true bill<\/span>” of indictment<\/span> returned by a multi-jurisdiction<\/span> grand jury<\/span> shall state in which jurisdiction<\/span> or jurisdictions<\/span> the offense<\/span> is alleged to have occurred. Thereafter, when venue<\/span> is proper in more than one jurisdiction<\/span>, the presiding judge<\/span> who directed the grand jury<\/span> proceeding shall elect in which one of the jurisdictions<\/span> named in the indictment<\/span> the indictment<\/span> is to be prosecuted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETURNING A “TRUE BILL” OF INDICTMENT; JURISDICTION TO BE SET OUT\n(\u00a7 19.2-215.8)\n\nIn order to return a “true bill” of indictment, a majority, but in\nno instance less than five, of the multi-jurisdiction grand jurors must concur\nin that finding. A multi-jurisdiction grand jury may return a “true\nbill” of indictment upon the testimony of, or evidence produced by, any\nwitness who was called by the grand jury, upon evidence presented to it by\nspecial counsel, or upon evidence sent to it by the presiding judge.\n\t\tEvery “true bill” of indictment returned by a multi-jurisdiction\ngrand jury shall state in which jurisdiction or jurisdictions the offense is\nalleged to have occurred. Thereafter, when venue is proper in more than one\njurisdiction, the presiding judge who directed the grand jury proceeding shall\nelect in which one of the jurisdictions named in the indictment the indictment\nis to be prosecuted.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 543.","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}}