                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VENUE IN GENERAL (§ 19.2-244)

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution of a criminal case shall
be had in the county or city in which the offense was committed. Except as to
motions for a change of venue, all other questions of venue must be raised
before verdict in cases tried by a jury and before the finding of guilty in
cases tried by the court without a jury.

B. If an offense has been committed within the Commonwealth and it cannot
readily be determined within which county or city the offense was committed,
venue for the prosecution of the offense may be had in the county or city (i) in
which the defendant resides; (ii) if the defendant is not a resident of the
Commonwealth, in which the defendant is apprehended; or (iii) if the defendant
is not a resident of the Commonwealth and is not apprehended in the
Commonwealth, in which any related offense was committed.

C. The courts of a locality shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the courts
of any other locality adjoining such locality over criminal offenses committed
in or upon the premises, buildings, rooms, or offices owned or occupied by such
locality or any officer, agency, or department thereof that are located in the
adjoining locality.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 495; 2015, cc. 632, 637; 2018, c. 164.