Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 37.2-846 - Procedure when person not confined in facility or other institutionA. In all cases, other than those provided for in § 37.2-845, the person may file his petition in the circuit court of the county or the city in which he resides or in which he was found to have a mental illness or in which an order was entered authorizing his continued involuntary inpatient treatment, pursuant to Article 5 (§ 37.2-814 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of this title.B. Any proceeding to challenge the continued secure inpatient treatment of any person held in custody as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 9 (§ 37.2-900 et seq.) of this title shall be conducted in the circuit court wherein the person was last convicted of a sexually violent offense or wherein the defendant was deemed unrestorably incompetent and referred for commitment pursuant to § 19.2-169.3. Code 1950, § 37-124; 1950, p. 916; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-104.1; 1976, c. 671; 2003, cc. 989, 1018; 2005, c. 716.Amended by Acts 2005, c. 716.Amended by Acts 2003, § cc. 989,1018.Amended by Acts 1976, c. 671.Amended by Acts 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-104.1.Amended by Acts 1950, § p. 916.