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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69122</law_id><section_number>19.2-239</section_number><catch_line>Jurisdiction in criminal cases</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="15">Trial and Its Incidents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Jurisdiction</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span>, except where otherwise provided, shall have exclusive <span class="dictionary">original jurisdiction</span> for the <span class="dictionary">trial</span> of all <span class="dictionary">presentments</span>, <span class="dictionary">indictments</span> and informations for <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> committed within their respective <span class="dictionary">circuits</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-187; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
