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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75289</law_id><section_number>19.2-215.8</section_number><catch_line>Returning a &amp;#8220;true bill&amp;#8221; of indictment; jurisdiction to be set out</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>In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to return a &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">true bill</span>&#x201D; of <span class="dictionary">indictment</span>, a majority, but in no instance less than five, of the multi-<span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> grand jurors must concur in that <span class="dictionary">finding</span>. A multi-<span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> may return a &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">true bill</span>&#x201D; of <span class="dictionary">indictment</span> upon the <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> of, or <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> produced by, any <span class="dictionary">witness</span> who was called by the <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span>, upon <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> presented to it by special <span class="dictionary">counsel</span>, or upon <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> sent to it by the presiding <span class="dictionary">judge</span>.
		Every &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">true bill</span>&#x201D; of <span class="dictionary">indictment</span> returned by a multi-<span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> shall state in which <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> is alleged to have occurred. Thereafter, when <span class="dictionary">venue</span> is proper in more than one <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, the presiding <span class="dictionary">judge</span> who directed the <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> proceeding shall elect in which one of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> named in the <span class="dictionary">indictment</span> the <span class="dictionary">indictment</span> is to be prosecuted.</p></section></text><history>1983, c. 543.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
