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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294 — Offense against two or more statutes or ordinances
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 2: Former Jeopardy, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
If the same act be a violation of two or more statutes, or of two or more ordinances, or of one or more statutes and also one or more ordinances, conviction under one of such statutes or ordinances shall be a bar to a prosecution or proceeding under the other or others. Furthermore, if the same act be a violation of both a state and a federal statute, a prosecution under the federal statute shall be a bar to a prosecution under the state statute. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any offense involving an act of terrorism as defined in § 18.2-46.4 .
For purposes of this section, a prosecution under a federal statute shall be deemed to be commenced once jeopardy has attached.
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