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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350162</law_id><section_number>17.1-515.5</section_number><catch_line>Designation of certain courtrooms within twenty-fifth circuit for trial of certain cases</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Circuit Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Establishment; Jurisdiction; Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<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. However, jurors summoned to appear in any such courtroom shall reside in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where the <span class="dictionary">venue</span> is laid.</p></section></text><history>1984, c. 86, &#xA7; 17-126.5.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
