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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351435</law_id><section_number>19.2-215.10</section_number><catch_line>Participation by Office of Attorney General; assistance of special counsel permitted in certain prosecutions</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="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="17" identifier="13">Grand Juries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="4">Multi-Jurisdiction Grand Juries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon request by the applicants or upon <span class="dictionary">motion</span> to the presiding <span class="dictionary">judge</span> by special <span class="dictionary">counsel</span>, the Office of <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> may participate as special <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> in the multi-<span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> proceedings and any <span class="dictionary">prosecutions</span> arising therefrom. In any <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> arising out of the multi-<span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span>, the attorney for the Commonwealth may also obtain the assistance of the special <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> to the <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span> as a special assistant attorney for the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>1983, c. 543.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
