Code of Virginia - Title 19.2 Criminal Procedure - Section 19.2-245 Offenses committed without and made punishable within Commonwealth; embezzlement or larceny committ...

§ 19.2-245. Offenses committed without and made punishable within Commonwealth; embezzlement or larceny committ...

Prosecution for offenses committed wholly or in part without and made punishable within this Commonwealth may be in any county or city in which the offender is found or to which he is sent by any judge or court; and if any person shall commit larceny or embezzlement beyond the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth and bring the stolen property into the same he shall be liable to prosecution and punishment for larceny or embezzlement in any county or city into which he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; and if any person shall commit larceny or embezzlement within this Commonwealth and take the stolen property into any county or city other than the county or city within which the same was committed he shall be liable to prosecution and punishment for such larceny or embezzlement in any such county or city into which he shall have taken the property as if the same had been wholly committed therein; provided, that if any person shall commit embezzlement within this Commonwealth he shall be liable as aforesaid or to prosecution and punishment for his offense in the county or city in which he was legally obligated to deliver the embezzled funds or property.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-220; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1977, c. 216.)

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