CODE OF VIRGINIA

JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES COMMITTED IN CAPITOL SQUARE (§ 18.2-124)

The Circuit Court of the City of Richmond shall have jurisdiction to try cases
of offenses committed in Capitol Square except as hereinafter provided. The
district court of the City of Richmond shall have jurisdiction to try
misdemeanor cases arising under § 18.2-122, and all other offenses committed in
the Capitol Square of which it would have jurisdiction if committed within the
corporate limits and jurisdiction of the city; and the Capitol Police, or any
member thereof, shall have the same authority to arrest and to swear out
warrants for offenses committed on the Capitol Square as policemen of the City
of Richmond have to arrest or to swear out warrants for offenses committed
within the jurisdiction of the city.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 2.1-97; 1966, c. 677; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2004, c. 459.