                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW FAR JURISDICTION OF CORPORATE AUTHORITIES EXTENDS (§ 19.2-250)

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article and except as provided in
subsection B hereof, the jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of each town
or city, in criminal cases involving offenses against the Commonwealth, shall
extend within the Commonwealth one mile beyond the corporate limits of such town
or city; except that such jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of towns
situated in counties having a density of population in excess of 300 inhabitants
per square mile, or in counties adjacent to cities having a population of
170,000 or more, shall extend for 300 yards beyond the corporate limits of such
town or, in the case of the criminal jurisdiction of an adjacent county, for 300
yards within such town.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the jurisdiction of the
authorities of Chesterfield County and Henrico County, in criminal cases
involving offenses against the Commonwealth, shall extend one mile beyond the
limits of such county into the City of Richmond.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15.1-141; 1962, c. 623; 1975, c. 495; 1978, c. 379; 1998,
c. 428; 2007, c. 813.