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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1978, chapter 354; in 2003, chapter 116<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":169033,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78754,"identifier":"19.2-249","token":"19.2\/15\/2\/19.2-249","url":"\/19.2-249\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-249\/","token":"19.2\/15\/2\/19.2-249","dublin_core":{"Title":"Offenses committed on boundary of two counties, two cities, or county and city, etc.; where prosecuted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-249","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An offense<\/span> committed on the boundary of two counties, or on the boundary of two cities, or on the boundary of a county and city, or within 300 yards thereof, may be alleged to have been committed, and may be prosecuted and punished, in either county, in either city, or the county or city, and any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other police officer shall have jurisdiction<\/span> to make arrests<\/span> and preserve the peace for a like distance on either side of the boundary line between such counties, such cities, or such county and city.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFENSES COMMITTED ON BOUNDARY OF TWO COUNTIES, TWO CITIES, OR COUNTY AND CITY,\nETC.; WHERE PROSECUTED (\u00a7 19.2-249)\n\nAn offense committed on the boundary of two counties, or on the boundary of two\ncities, or on the boundary of a county and city, or within 300 yards thereof,\nmay be alleged to have been committed, and may be prosecuted and punished, in\neither county, in either city, or the county or city, and any sheriff, deputy\nsheriff, or other police officer shall have jurisdiction to make arrests and\npreserve the peace for a like distance on either side of the boundary line\nbetween such counties, such cities, or such county and city.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-222; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1978, c. 354; 2003,\nc. 116.","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}}