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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71185</law_id><section_number>19.2-245.2</section_number><catch_line>Tax offenses; where prosecuted</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="2">Venue</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> involving tax, as defined in Title 58.1, is committed, that <span class="dictionary">offense</span> may be prosecuted in either any county or city where a false or fraudulent tax return, document, or statement was filed, or the county or city where the offender resides. However, <span class="dictionary">venue</span> shall not be in the City of Richmond solely because a false or fraudulent tax return, document or statement was filed directly with the Department of Taxation.</p></section></text><history>1990, c. 631.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
