PART I
Introductory

Chapter 5. VENUE

§5.1. Venue of criminal proceedings generally.

Except as otherwise permitted by statute, the prosecution of an offense shall be had in any competent court in the county in which the offense was committed.

§5.2. Offenses committed in one county where persons committing offenses or accessories were in another.

Where a person in one county commits an offense in another county, or where a person in one county aids, abets, or procures the commission of an offense in another county, the offense shall be prosecuted in any competent court in either county.

§5.3. Offenses committed partly in one and partly in another county.

Where several acts are requisite to the commission of an offense and occurred in two or more counties, the offense shall be prosecuted in any competent court in any county in which any of such acts occurred.

§5.4. Offenses committed on or near county boundaries.

Where an offense is committed on or within five hundred yards of the common boundary of two or more counties, the offense shall be prosecuted in any competent court in any one of such counties.

§5.5. Offenses committed on vessels while in transit.

When an offense is committed in the Republic on board a vessel in the course of its voyage in offshore territorial waters or inland on a river, bay, slough, lake, or canal, the offense shall be prosecuted in any competent court in any county along or through which the vessel passed in the course of its voyage or in any county where such voyage terminated, provided such termination occurs in the Republic.

§5.6. Offenses committed on railroad trains, omnibuses, or other common carriers, and on aircraft while in transit.

When an offense is committed on a railroad train making a trip over any railway in the Republic, or on an omnibus or other common carrier while in the course of its trip on any highway in the Republic, or on any aircraft while in flight over the Republic, the offense shall be prosecuted in any competent court in any county through, on, or over which the railroad train, omnibus, or other common carrier, or aircraft passed in the course of its trip or flight, or in any county where such trip or flight terminated, provided such termination occurs in the Republic.