                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§ 2.2-3125)

The statute of limitations for the criminal prosecution of a person for
violation of any provision of this chapter shall be one year from the time the
Attorney General, if the violation is by a state officer or employee, or the
attorney for the Commonwealth, if the violation is by a local officer or
employee, has actual knowledge of the violation or five years from the date of
the violation, whichever event occurs first. Any prosecution for malfeasance in
office shall be governed by the statute of limitations provided by law.

HISTORY: 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, § 2.1-639.22; 2001, c. 844.