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and if any person shall commit larceny or embezzlement within this Commonwealth and take the stolen property into any county or city other than the county or city within which the same was committed he shall be liable to prosecution and punishment for such larceny or embezzlement in any such county or city into which he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; provided, that if any person shall commit embezzlement within this Commonwealth he shall be liable as aforesaid or to prosecution and punishment for his offense in the county or city in which he was legally obligated to deliver the embezzled funds or property.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":295063,"text":"Prosecution for offenses committed wholly or in part without and made punishable within this Commonwealth may be in any county or city in which the offender is found or to which he is sent by any judge or court; and if any person shall commit larceny or embezzlement beyond the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth and bring the stolen property into the same he shall be liable to prosecution and punishment for larceny or embezzlement in any county or city into which he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1977, chapter 216.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":169005,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82346,"identifier":"19.2-245","token":"19.2\/15\/2\/19.2-245","url":"\/19.2-245\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-245\/","token":"19.2\/15\/2\/19.2-245","dublin_core":{"Title":"Offenses committed without and made punishable within Commonwealth; embezzlement or larceny committed within Commonwealth; where prosecuted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-245","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Prosecution<\/span> for offenses<\/span> committed wholly or in part without and made punishable within this Commonwealth may be in any county or city in which the offender is found or to which he is sent by any judge<\/span> or court<\/span>; and if any person shall commit larceny<\/span> or embezzlement<\/span> beyond the jurisdiction<\/span> of this Commonwealth and bring the stolen property into the same he shall be liable to prosecution<\/span> and punishment for larceny<\/span> or embezzlement<\/span> in any county or city into which he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; and if any person shall commit larceny<\/span> or embezzlement<\/span> within this Commonwealth and take the stolen property into any county or city other than the county or city within which the same was committed he shall be liable to prosecution<\/span> and punishment for such larceny<\/span> or embezzlement<\/span> in any such county or city into which he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; provided, that if any person shall commit embezzlement<\/span> within this Commonwealth he shall be liable as aforesaid or to prosecution<\/span> and punishment for his offense<\/span> in the county or city in which he was legally obligated to deliver the embezzled funds or property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFENSES COMMITTED WITHOUT AND MADE PUNISHABLE WITHIN COMMONWEALTH; EMBEZZLEMENT\nOR LARCENY COMMITTED WITHIN COMMONWEALTH; WHERE PROSECUTED (\u00a7 19.2-245)\n\nProsecution for offenses committed wholly or in part without and made punishable\nwithin this Commonwealth may be in any county or city in which the offender is\nfound or to which he is sent by any judge or court; and if any person shall\ncommit larceny or embezzlement beyond the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth and\nbring the stolen property into the same he shall be liable to prosecution and\npunishment for larceny or embezzlement in any county or city into which he shall\nhave taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; and if\nany person shall commit larceny or embezzlement within this Commonwealth and\ntake the stolen property into any county or city other than the county or city\nwithin which the same was committed he shall be liable to prosecution and\npunishment for such larceny or embezzlement in any such county or city into\nwhich he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed\ntherein; provided, that if any person shall commit embezzlement within this\nCommonwealth he shall be liable as aforesaid or to prosecution and punishment\nfor his offense in the county or city in which he was legally obligated to\ndeliver the embezzled funds or property.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-220; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1977, c. 216.","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}}