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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 503 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1977, chapter 624; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>; in 2007, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0873\">873<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0916\">916<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77359,"section_number":"2.2-4022","catch_line":"Subpoenas, depositions and requests for admissions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4022\/"},{"id":76087,"section_number":"2.2-4026","catch_line":"Right, forms, venue; date of adoption or readoption for purposes of appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4026\/"},{"id":84529,"section_number":"46.2-1573.01","catch_line":"Recovery of attorney's fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1573.01\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85983,"section_number":"2.2-4019","catch_line":"Informal fact finding proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4019\/"},{"id":71957,"section_number":"2.2-4020","catch_line":"Formal hearings; litigated issues","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4020\/"},{"id":76087,"section_number":"2.2-4026","catch_line":"Right, forms, venue; date of adoption or readoption for purposes of appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4026\/"},{"id":63400,"section_number":"8.01-261","catch_line":"Category A or preferred venue","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-261\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176737,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74135,"identifier":"2.2-4003","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/1\/2.2-4003","url":"\/2.2-4003\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4003\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/1\/2.2-4003","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4003","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In all proceedings under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Informal fact finding proceedings\" href=\"\/2.2-4019\/\">2.2-4019<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Formal hearings; litigated issues\" href=\"\/2.2-4020\/\">2.2-4020<\/a> <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span> shall be in the city or county where the administrative <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> maintains its principal office or as the parties may otherwise agree. In all proceedings under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Right, forms, venue; date of adoption or readoption for purposes of appeal\" href=\"\/2.2-4026\/\">2.2-4026<\/a>, <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span> shall be as specified in subdivision 1 of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Category A or preferred venue\" href=\"\/8.01-261\/\">8.01-261<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE (\u00a7 2.2-4003)\n\nIn all proceedings under \u00a7 2.2-4019 or 2.2-4020 venue shall be in the city or\ncounty where the administrative agency maintains its principal office or as the\nparties may otherwise agree. In all proceedings under \u00a7 2.2-4026, venue shall\nbe as specified in subdivision 1 of \u00a7 8.01-261.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 503, \u00a7 9-6.14:5; 1977, c. 624; 2001, c. 844; 2007, cc. 873,\n916.","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}}