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No order, judgment, or decree shall be voidable, avoided, or subject to collateral attack solely on the ground that there was improper venue; however, nothing herein shall affect the right to appeal an error of court concerning venue.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":303921,"text":"The provisions of this chapter relate to venue &#8212; the place of trial &#8212; and are not jurisdictional. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 617 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":281289,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84822,"identifier":"8.01-258","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-258","url":"\/8.01-258\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-258\/","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-258","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue not jurisdictional","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-258","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this chapter relate to <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span> &#8212; the place of <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> &#8212; and are not jurisdictional. No <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">decree<\/span> shall be voidable, avoided, or subject to <span class=\"dictionary\">collateral<\/span> attack solely on the ground that there was improper <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span>; however, nothing herein shall affect the right to <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> an error of <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> concerning <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE NOT JURISDICTIONAL (\u00a7 8.01-258)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter relate to venue &#8212; the place of trial\n&#8212; and are not jurisdictional. No order, judgment, or decree shall be\nvoidable, avoided, or subject to collateral attack solely on the ground that\nthere was improper venue; however, nothing herein shall affect the right to\nappeal an error of court concerning venue.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 617.","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}}