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This law was first created in 1977. 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. It has been modified 2 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 1987, chapter 567; in 1989, chapter 556.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":281293,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67040,"identifier":"8.01-259","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-259","url":"\/8.01-259\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-259\/","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-259","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-259","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to venue<\/span> in the following proceedings:\n\t\t(1), (2) [Repealed.]<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Habeas corpus<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Tax proceedings, other than those in Title 58.1; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Juvenile and domestic relations district courts<\/span> proceedings concerning children; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Adoptions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> [Repealed.]\n\t\t\tIn all other actions<\/span>, venue<\/span> shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and, with respect to such actions<\/span>, in case of conflict between the provisions of this chapter and other provisions outside this chapter relating to venue<\/span>, all such other provisions are hereby superseded. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION (\u00a7 8.01-259)\n\nNothing in this chapter shall apply to venue in the following proceedings:\n\t\t(1), (2) [Repealed.]\n\n3. Habeas corpus;\n\n4. Tax proceedings, other than those in Title 58.1;\n\n5. Juvenile and domestic relations district courts proceedings concerning\nchildren; or\n\n6. [Repealed.]\n\n7. Adoptions.\n\n8. [Repealed.]\n\t\t\tIn all other actions, venue shall be in accordance with the provisions of\nthis chapter, and, with respect to such actions, in case of conflict between the\nprovisions of this chapter and other provisions outside this chapter relating to\nvenue, all such other provisions are hereby superseded.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 617; 1987, c. 567; 1989, c. 556.","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}}