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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 2004, chapter 144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1391867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351001,"identifier":"18.2-46","token":"18.2\/4\/2\/18.2-46","url":"\/18.2-46\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-46\/","token":"18.2\/4\/2\/18.2-46","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-46","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Venue<\/span> for all actions and prosecutions<\/span> under any of the provisions of this article shall be in the county or city wherein a lynching or other violation of any of the provisions of this article may have occurred, or of the county or city from which the person lynched or assaulted may have been taken as aforesaid.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE (\u00a7 18.2-46)\n\nVenue for all actions and prosecutions under any of the provisions of this\narticle shall be in the county or city wherein a lynching or other violation of\nany of the provisions of this article may have occurred, or of the county or\ncity from which the person lynched or assaulted may have been taken as\naforesaid.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-35; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2004, c. 144.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}