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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58676</law_id><section_number>2.2-3127</section_number><catch_line>Venue</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1712</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="E">State Officers and Employees</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="31">State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="7">Penalties and Remedies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for a violation involving an <span class="dictionary">officer</span> serving at the state level of government shall be brought in the <span class="dictionary">Circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of the City of Richmond. Any <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for a violation involving an <span class="dictionary">employee</span> serving at the state level of government shall be within the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">employee</span> has his principal place of state employment.
		Any proceeding provided in this chapter shall be brought in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> within the county or city in which the violation occurs if the violation involves an <span class="dictionary">officer</span> or <span class="dictionary">employee</span> serving at the local level of government.</p></section></text><history>1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, &#xA7; 2.1-639.24; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
