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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349948</law_id><section_number>17.1-117</section_number><catch_line>Certain acts of courts held at improper places confirmed</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="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When any <span class="dictionary">court</span> has at any time prior to June 13, 1919, been held at a place not authorized by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, in consequence of the destruction of the courthouse, or other unavoidable cause, the acts and proceedings of such <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall be as valid as if the <span class="dictionary">court</span> had been held at the proper place.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5969, &#xA7; 17-19; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
