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I, cc. 344, 345.","full_text":"Where evidence exists that a homicide has been committed either within or without the Commonwealth, under circumstances that make it unknown where such crime was committed, the homicide and any related offenses shall be amenable to prosecution in the courts of the county or city where the body or any part thereof of the victim may be found or, if the victim was removed from the Commonwealth for medical treatment prior to death and died outside the Commonwealth, in the courts of the county or city from which the victim was removed for medical treatment prior to death, as if the offense has been committed in such county or city. In a prosecution pursuant to subdivision A 8 of \u00a7 18.2-31, the offense may be prosecuted in any jurisdiction in the Commonwealth in which any one of the killings may be prosecuted.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253142,"text":"Where evidence exists that a homicide has been committed either within or without the Commonwealth, under circumstances that make it unknown where such crime was committed, the homicide and any related offenses shall be amenable to prosecution in the courts of the county or city where the body or any part thereof of the victim may be found or, if the victim was removed from the Commonwealth for medical treatment prior to death and died outside the Commonwealth, in the courts of the county or city from which the victim was removed for medical treatment prior to death, as if the offense has been committed in such county or city. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1973, chapter 308; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1996, chapter 959<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 503<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 632<\/a> and 637<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79946,"section_number":"18.2-31","catch_line":"Aggravated murder defined; punishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-31\/"}],"permalink":{"id":169025,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70100,"identifier":"19.2-247","token":"19.2\/15\/2\/19.2-247","url":"\/19.2-247\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-247\/","token":"19.2\/15\/2\/19.2-247","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue in certain homicide cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-247","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Where evidence<\/span> exists that a homicide<\/span> has been committed either within or without the Commonwealth, under circumstances that make it unknown where such crime<\/span> was committed, the homicide<\/span> and any related offenses<\/span> shall be amenable to prosecution<\/span> in the courts<\/span> of the county or city where the body or any part thereof of the victim may be found or, if the victim was removed from the Commonwealth for medical treatment prior to death and died outside the Commonwealth, in the courts<\/span> of the county or city from which the victim was removed for medical treatment prior to death, as if the offense<\/span> has been committed in such county or city. In a prosecution<\/span> pursuant to subdivision A 8 of \u00a7 18.2-31<\/a>, the offense<\/span> may be prosecuted in any jurisdiction<\/span> in the Commonwealth in which any one of the killings may be prosecuted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE IN CERTAIN HOMICIDE CASES (\u00a7 19.2-247)\n\nWhere evidence exists that a homicide has been committed either within or\nwithout the Commonwealth, under circumstances that make it unknown where such\ncrime was committed, the homicide and any related offenses shall be amenable to\nprosecution in the courts of the county or city where the body or any part\nthereof of the victim may be found or, if the victim was removed from the\nCommonwealth for medical treatment prior to death and died outside the\nCommonwealth, in the courts of the county or city from which the victim was\nremoved for medical treatment prior to death, as if the offense has been\ncommitted in such county or city. In a prosecution pursuant to subdivision A 8\nof \u00a7 18.2-31, the offense may be prosecuted in any jurisdiction in the\nCommonwealth in which any one of the killings may be prosecuted.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-221.1; 1973, c. 308; 1975, c. 495; 1996, c. 959;\n2002, c. 503; 2015, cc. 632, 637; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.","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}}