                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFENSES COMMITTED WITHOUT AND MADE PUNISHABLE WITHIN COMMONWEALTH; EMBEZZLEMENT
OR LARCENY COMMITTED WITHIN COMMONWEALTH; WHERE PROSECUTED (§ 19.2-245)

Prosecution for offenses 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 judge or court; and if any person shall
commit larceny or embezzlement beyond the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth and
bring the stolen property into the same he shall be liable to prosecution and
punishment for larceny or embezzlement 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 larceny or embezzlement 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 prosecution and
punishment for such larceny or embezzlement 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 embezzlement within this
Commonwealth he shall be liable as aforesaid or to prosecution and punishment
for his offense in the county or city in which he was legally obligated to
deliver the embezzled funds or property.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-220; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1977, c. 216.