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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87384</law_id><section_number>19.2-8.1</section_number><catch_line>Prosecution for murder or manslaughter; passage of time not a limitation</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="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for <span class="dictionary">murder</span> or <span class="dictionary">manslaughter</span>, whether at <span class="dictionary">common law</span> or under the Code of Virginia, may be instituted regardless of the time elapsed between the act or omission causing the death of the victim and the death of the victim.</p></section></text><history>2009, c. 278.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
