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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 671 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1981, chapter 233; in 1982, chapter 435; in 1986, chapter 134; in 1995, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66636,"section_number":"37.2-802","catch_line":"Interpreters in admission or certification proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-802\/"},{"id":86844,"section_number":"37.2-804","catch_line":"Fees and expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-804\/"},{"id":68064,"section_number":"37.2-811","catch_line":"Emergency treatment of inmates in the custody of local correctional facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-811\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70156,"section_number":"37.2-809","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-809\/"},{"id":68004,"section_number":"37.2-814","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; written explanation; right to counsel; rights of petitioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-814\/"},{"id":75630,"section_number":"37.2-819","catch_line":"Order of involuntary admission or mandatory outpatient treatment forwarded to CCRE; certain voluntary admissions forwarded to CCRE; firearm background check","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-819\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210385,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78780,"identifier":"37.2-820","token":"37.2\/III\/8\/5\/37.2-820","url":"\/37.2-820\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-820\/","token":"37.2\/III\/8\/5\/37.2-820","dublin_core":{"Title":"Place of hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-820","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The hearing<\/span> provided for pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 37.2-814<\/a> through 37.2-819<\/a> may be conducted by the district court<\/span> judge<\/span> or a special justice<\/span> at the convenient facility<\/span> or other place open to the public provided for in \u00a7 37.2-809<\/a>, if he deems it advisable, even though the facility<\/span> or place is located in a county or city other than his own. In conducting such hearings<\/span> in a county or city other than his own, the judge<\/span> or special justice<\/span> shall have all of the authority<\/span> and power that he would have in his own county or city. A district court<\/span> judge<\/span> or special justice<\/span> of the county or city in which the facility<\/span> or place is located may conduct the hearing<\/span> provided for in \u00a7\u00a7 37.2-814<\/a> through 37.2-819<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLACE OF HEARING (\u00a7 37.2-820)\n\nThe hearing provided for pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 37.2-814 through 37.2-819 may be\nconducted by the district court judge or a special justice at the convenient\nfacility or other place open to the public provided for in \u00a7 37.2-809, if he\ndeems it advisable, even though the facility or place is located in a county or\ncity other than his own. In conducting such hearings in a county or city other\nthan his own, the judge or special justice shall have all of the authority and\npower that he would have in his own county or city. A district court judge or\nspecial justice of the county or city in which the facility or place is located\nmay conduct the hearing provided for in \u00a7\u00a7 37.2-814 through 37.2-819.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 671, \u00a7 37.1-67.4; 1981, c. 233; 1982, c. 435; 1986, c. 134;\n1995, c. 844; 2005, c. 716.","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}}