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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351495</law_id><section_number>19.2-253</section_number><catch_line>Procedure upon and after change of venue</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><p>The clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> which <span class="dictionary">orders</span> a change of <span class="dictionary">venue</span> shall certify copies of the <span class="dictionary">recognizances</span> aforesaid and of the record of the case to the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> to which the case is removed, who shall thereupon <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a <span class="dictionary">venire</span> facias, directed to the officer of such <span class="dictionary">court</span>; and such <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall proceed with the case as if the <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> had been originally therein; and for that purpose the certified copies aforesaid shall be sufficient.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-226; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
