                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VENUE FOR PROSECUTION OF COMPUTER AND OTHER CRIMES (§ 19.2-249.2)

For the purpose of venue, any violation of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act (§
18.2-152.1 et seq.) or § 18.2-386.1 shall be considered to have been committed
in any county or city:

1. In which any act was performed in furtherance of any course of conduct that
violated any provision listed above;

2. In which the owner has his principal place of business in the Commonwealth;

3. In which any offender had control or possession of any proceeds of the
violation or of any books, records, documents, property, financial instrument,
computer software, computer program, computer data, or other material or objects
that were used in furtherance of the violation;

4. From which, to which, or through which any access to a computer or computer
network was made whether by wires, electromagnetic waves, microwaves, optics or
any other means of communication;

5. In which the offender resides; or

6. In which any computer that is an object or an instrument of the violation is
located at the time of the alleged offense.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 746, 761, 827; 2015, c. 423.