{"law_id":"779105","section_number":"8.01-693","catch_line":"Venue of prisoner actions","history":"2002, c. 871.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.01-693\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/8.01-693\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-693","structure":{"1":{"id":"2172","name":"Virginia Prisoner Litigation Reform Act","identifier":"27","label":"chapter","url":"\/8.01\/27\/"},"2":{"id":"52","name":"Civil Remedies And Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","url":"\/8.01\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"779105","structure_id":"2172","full_text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prisoner action shall be filed except in the city or county in which the prison is located where the prisoner was housed when his cause of action arose.  When an action is filed in an improper venue, upon motion of the defendant or the court sua sponte, the court shall transfer the case to the proper venue.","text":{"0":{"id":"2512803","text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prisoner action shall be filed except in the city or county in which the prison is located where the prisoner was housed when his cause of action arose.  When an action is filed in an improper venue, upon motion of the defendant or the court sua sponte, the court shall transfer the case to the proper venue.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"2172","name":"Virginia Prisoner Litigation Reform Act","identifier":"27","label":"chapter","url":"\/8.01\/27\/"},"2":{"id":"52","name":"Civil Remedies And Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","url":"\/8.01\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"768040","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-689","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/8.01-689\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-689"},"1":{"id":"769571","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-690","catch_line":"Applicability provisions","url":"\/8.01-690\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-690"},"2":{"id":"788265","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-691","catch_line":"Payment of filing fees and costs by prisoners; when in forma pauperis status granted","url":"\/8.01-691\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-691"},"3":{"id":"776442","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-692","catch_line":"When in forma pauperis status denied","url":"\/8.01-692\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-692"},"4":{"id":"779105","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-693","catch_line":"Venue of prisoner actions","url":"\/8.01-693\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-693"},"5":{"id":"784047","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-694","catch_line":"Service of process; time for response","url":"\/8.01-694\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-694"},"6":{"id":"783953","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-695","catch_line":"When argument held; when discovery permitted","url":"\/8.01-695\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-695"},"7":{"id":"787595","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-696","catch_line":"Summary judgment; pro se prisoner civil action","url":"\/8.01-696\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-696"},"8":{"id":"774032","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-697","catch_line":"Access to Department of Corrections records","url":"\/8.01-697\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-697"}},"previous_section":{"id":"776442","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-692","catch_line":"When in forma pauperis status denied","url":"\/8.01-692\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-692"},"next_section":{"id":"784047","structure_id":"2172","section_number":"8.01-694","catch_line":"Service of process; time for response","url":"\/8.01-694\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-694"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/8.01-693.txt","json":"\/8.01-693.json","xml":"\/8.01-693.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue of prisoner actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-693","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE OF PRISONER ACTIONS (\u00a7 8.01-693)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, no prisoner action shall be filed\nexcept in the city or county in which the prison is located where the prisoner\nwas housed when his cause of action arose.  When an action is filed in an\nimproper venue, upon motion of the defendant or the court sua sponte, the court\nshall transfer the case to the proper venue.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 871."}