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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351492</law_id><section_number>19.2-250</section_number><catch_line>How far jurisdiction of corporate authorities extends</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="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="19" identifier="15">Trial and Its Incidents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="2">Venue</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this article and except as provided in subsection B hereof, the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the corporate authorities of each town or city, in criminal cases involving <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> against the Commonwealth, shall extend within the Commonwealth one mile beyond the corporate limits of such town or city; except that such <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> 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 <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of an adjacent county, for 300 yards within such town. <a id="paragraph-1308661" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-250/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the authorities of Chesterfield County and Henrico County, in criminal cases involving <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> against the Commonwealth, shall extend one mile beyond the limits of such county into the City of Richmond. <a id="paragraph-1308662" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-250/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15.1-141; 1962, c. 623; 1975, c. 495; 1978, c. 379; 1998, c. 428; 2007, c. 813.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
