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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82346</law_id><section_number>19.2-245</section_number><catch_line>Offenses committed without and made punishable within Commonwealth; embezzlement or larceny committed within Commonwealth; 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><span class="dictionary">Prosecution</span> for <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> committed wholly or in part without and made punishable within this Commonwealth may be in any county or city in which the offender is found or to which he is sent by any <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">court</span>; and if any person shall commit <span class="dictionary">larceny</span> or <span class="dictionary">embezzlement</span> beyond the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of this Commonwealth and bring the stolen property into the same he shall be liable to <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> and punishment for <span class="dictionary">larceny</span> or <span class="dictionary">embezzlement</span> in any county or city into which he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; and if any person shall commit <span class="dictionary">larceny</span> or <span class="dictionary">embezzlement</span> within this Commonwealth and take the stolen property into any county or city other than the county or city within which the same was committed he shall be liable to <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> and punishment for such <span class="dictionary">larceny</span> or <span class="dictionary">embezzlement</span> in any such county or city into which he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; provided, that if any person shall commit <span class="dictionary">embezzlement</span> within this Commonwealth he shall be liable as aforesaid or to <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> and punishment for his <span class="dictionary">offense</span> in the county or city in which he was legally obligated to deliver the embezzled funds or property.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-220; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1977, c. 216.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
