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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345283</law_id><section_number>1-407</section_number><catch_line>Concurrent jurisdiction of Commonwealth and United States over certain lands leased to political subdivisions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="4">Jurisdiction Over Lands Acquired by the United States</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the United States government has exclusive <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over property located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and leases the property, or part thereof, to any political subdivision to be used by it for a public purpose, the exclusive <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> shall cease as to the property so leased and the Commonwealth and the United States government shall have concurrent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over the property so long as the lease continues. At the termination of the lease the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the Commonwealth shall cease and the United States shall have exclusive <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> thereof.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 7-25.2; 1964, c. 362; 1966, c. 102, &#xA7; 7.1-24; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
