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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79320</law_id><section_number>16.1-232</section_number><catch_line>Attorney for the Commonwealth to prosecute certain cases and represent Commonwealth on appeal</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Organization and Personnel</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The attorney for the Commonwealth shall <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> <span class="dictionary">felony</span> charges before the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span>, unless relieved of such responsibility by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">the court</span>. In his discretion, the attorney for the Commonwealth may <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> charges before such court.
		The attorney for the Commonwealth shall represent the Commonwealth in all cases appealed from the juvenile and domestic relations district court to the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 16.1-155; 1956, c. 555; 1977, c. 559; 1980, c. 530; 1991, c. 262.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
