§ 19.2-228. Name and address of complaining witness to be written on indictment, etc., for misdemeano...
In a prosecution for a misdemeanor the name and address of the complaining witness, if there be one, shall be written at the foot of the presentment, indictment or information when it is made, found or filed. In case the grand jury that brings in such presentment or indictment or the attorney for the Commonwealth who files such information fail to write the name of a complaining witness at the foot of the presentment, indictment or information, then the name of a complaining witness may be entered of record as such by the court on the motion of the defendant or the attorney for the Commonwealth at any time before the judgment.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-173; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)
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