CODE OF VIRGINIA

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION (§ 16.1-242)

When jurisdiction has been obtained by the court in the case of any child, such
jurisdiction may be retained by the court until such person becomes twenty-one
years of age, except when the person is in the custody of the Department or when
jurisdiction is divested under the provisions of § 16.1-244. In any event, when
such person reaches the age of twenty-one and a prosecution has not been
commenced against him, he shall be proceeded against as an adult, even if he was
a juvenile when the offense was committed.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-159; 1956, c. 555; 1977, c. 559; 1978, c. 740; 1992,
c. 509.