2006 Code of Virginia § 16.1-242 - Retention of jurisdiction
16.1-242. Retention of jurisdiction.
When jurisdiction has been obtained by the court in the case of any child,such jurisdiction may be retained by the court until such person becomestwenty-one years of age, except when the person is in the custody of theDepartment or when jurisdiction is divested under the provisions of 16.1-244. In any event, when such person reaches the age of twenty-one and aprosecution has not been commenced against him, he shall be proceeded againstas an adult, even if he was a juvenile when the offense was committed.
(Code 1950, 16.1-159; 1956, c. 555; 1977, c. 559; 1978, c. 740; 1992, c.509.)
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