76931937.2-820Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Behavioral Health And Developmental ServicesAdmissions And DispositionsEmergency Custody And Voluntary And Involuntary Civil AdmissionsInvoluntary AdmissionsPlace of hearing1976, c. 671, § 37.1-67.4; 1981, c. 233; 1982, c. 435; 1986, c. 134; 1995, c. 844; 2005, c. 716.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/37.2-820/37.2-809Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order/37.2-809/37.2-814Commitment hearing for involuntary admission; written explanation; right to counsel; rights of petitioner/37.2-814/37.2-819Order of involuntary admission or mandatory outpatient treatment forwarded to CCRE; certain voluntary admissions forwarded to CCRE; firearm background check/37.2-819//37.2-820/37.2/3/8/5/37.2-82037.2-80237.2-80437.2-811The hearing provided for pursuant to §§ 37.2-814 through 37.2-819 may be conducted by the district court judge or a special justice at the convenient facility or other place open to the public provided for in § 37.2-809, if he deems it advisable, even though the facility or place is located in a county or city other than his own. In conducting such hearings in a county or city other than his own, the judge or special justice shall have all of the authority and power that he would have in his own county or city. A district court judge or special justice of the county or city in which the facility or place is located may conduct the hearing provided for in §§ 37.2-814 through 37.2-819.section1