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2018 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 16.1-242 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 16.1-242. Retention of jurisdiction.
When jurisdiction has been obtained by the court in the case
of any child, such jurisdiction, which includes the authority to suspend,
reduce, modify, or dismiss the disposition of any juvenile adjudication,
may be retained by the court until such person becomes twenty-one 21
years of age, except when the person is in the custody of the Department or
when jurisdiction is divested under the provisions of § 16.1-244. In any event,
when such person reaches the age of twenty-one 21 and a
prosecution has not been commenced against him, he shall be proceeded against
as an adult, even if he was a juvenile when the offense was committed.
2. That the provisions of this act are declaratory of existing law.