Virginia Code
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-430 (2026)
Venue for offenses under this article
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Any person violating any of the provisions of this article may be prosecuted either in the county or city from which he called or in the county or city in which the call was received.
Code 1950, § 18.1-238; 1960, c. 358; 1964, c. 577; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2020, c. 1002; 2022, c. 336.
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case, 2018–2018 · leading case: Grace Nadine McGuire v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 813 S.E.2d 552 (Va. Ct. App. 2018).
Grace Nadine McGuire v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 813 S.E.2d 552 (Va. Ct. App. 2018). “2-212, the statute prohibiting calling or summoning emergency medical services without just cause, contains a similar venue provision.”
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