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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 86 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1390793,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350162,"identifier":"17.1-515.5","token":"17.1\/5\/1\/17.1-515.5","url":"\/17.1-515.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-515.5\/","token":"17.1\/5\/1\/17.1-515.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designation of certain courtrooms within twenty-fifth circuit for trial of certain cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-515.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When it appears to one or more of the <span class=\"dictionary\">judges<\/span> of the twenty-fifth judicial <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> that such use is appropriate, the courthouse of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of Augusta County may be used for the <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> of civil and criminal cases when <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span> is laid in the City of Staunton; or the courthouse of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of the City of Staunton may be used for the <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> of civil or criminal cases when <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span> is laid in the County of Augusta. 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However, jurors summoned to appear in any such\ncourtroom shall reside in the jurisdiction where the venue is laid.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 86, \u00a7 17-126.5.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}