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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83099</law_id><section_number>19.2-215.2</section_number><catch_line>Application for such grand jury</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="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="13">Grand Juries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Multi-Jurisdiction Grand Juries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Provided the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> has approved the application in writing prior to submission, application for a multi-<span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> may be made to the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia by two or more attorneys for the Commonwealth from <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> which would be within the original scope of the investigation. The application shall be in writing and shall state (i) which <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> will be involved in the original scope of the investigation, (ii) in which <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> it is requested that the multi-<span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> be convened, (iii) the name or names of the attorneys for the Commonwealth or their assistants who will serve as special <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> to the <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span>, (iv) the name of the attorney who shall direct the <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> proceedings. The presiding <span class="dictionary">judge</span> may extend or limit the jurisdictional territory of the investigation, for good cause shown, upon the <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of a <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> already convened. Notice of every such application shall be given to the attorneys for the Commonwealth in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> named in the application and, if the original scope of the investigation is extended into other <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span>, notice of such extension shall be given to the attorneys for the Commonwealth in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> into which the investigation is extended.</p></section></text><history>1983, c. 543.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
