Every circuit court shall have jurisdiction to award injunctions, including cases involving violations of the Uniform Statewide Building Code, whether the judgment or proceeding enjoined be in or out of the circuit, or the party against whose proceedings the injunction be asked resides in or out of the circuit.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-620
General jurisdiction of circuit court to award injunctions
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Jordahl
Most recently applied in SanAir Technologies Laboratory, Inc. v. Burrington (September 2015)
Code 1950, § 8-610; 1977, c. 617; 1995, c. 310.
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