19.2-249.2 - Venue for prosecution of computer crimes.
§ 19.2-249.2. Venue for prosecution of computer crimes.
For the purpose of venue under the Virginia Computer Crimes Act (§ 18.2-152.1et seq.), any violation of the article shall be considered to have beencommitted in any county or city:
1. In which any act was performed in furtherance of any course of conductthat violated this article;
2. In which the owner has his principal place of business in the Commonwealth;
3. In which any offender had control or possession of any proceeds of theviolation or of any books, records, documents, property, financialinstrument, computer software, computer program, computer data, or othermaterial or objects that were used in furtherance of the violation;
4. From which, to which, or through which any access to a computer orcomputer network was made whether by wires, electromagnetic waves,microwaves, optics or any other means of communication;
5. In which the offender resides; or
6. In which any computer that is an object or an instrument of the violationis located at the time of the alleged offense.
(2005, cc. 746, 761, 827.)