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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63610,"section_number":"15.2-1712","catch_line":"Employment of off-duty officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1712\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":176195,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58676,"identifier":"2.2-3127","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/31\/7\/2.2-3127","url":"\/2.2-3127\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3127\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/31\/7\/2.2-3127","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3127","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any prosecution<\/span> for a violation involving an officer<\/span> serving at the state level of government shall be brought in the Circuit<\/span> Court<\/span> of the City of Richmond. Any prosecution<\/span> for a violation involving an employee<\/span> serving at the state level of government shall be within the jurisdiction<\/span> in which the employee<\/span> has his principal place of state employment.\n\t\tAny proceeding provided in this chapter shall be brought in a court<\/span> of competent jurisdiction<\/span> within the county or city in which the violation occurs if the violation involves an officer<\/span> or employee<\/span> serving at the local level of government.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE (\u00a7 2.2-3127)\n\nAny prosecution for a violation involving an officer serving at the state level\nof government shall be brought in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. Any\nprosecution for a violation involving an employee serving at the state level of\ngovernment shall be within the jurisdiction in which the employee has his\nprincipal place of state employment.\n\t\tAny proceeding provided in this chapter shall be brought in a court of\ncompetent jurisdiction within the county or city in which the violation occurs\nif the violation involves an officer or employee serving at the local level of\ngovernment.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, \u00a7 2.1-639.24; 2001, c. 844.","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}}