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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356813</law_id><section_number>28.2-907</section_number><catch_line>Jurisdiction of courts</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="70" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="9">Enforcement of Subtitle Ii; Jurisdiction</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any proceeding under any section of this subtitle shall be before a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in the county or city (i) in which the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> was committed or (ii) adjacent to the waters in which the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> was committed.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-218; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-193; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
