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Virginia Statutes

§ 49-21 — Failure to give bond

Virginia § 49-21
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 49OATHS, AFFIRMATIONS AND BONDS
Ch. 2BONDS TAKEN BY COURTS AND OFFICERS

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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 49-21 (2026).

Text

If any officer or person mentioned in § 49-12 shall act in his office, post or trust before giving such bonds as are required by law, he shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.

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Legislative History

Code 1919, § 288.

Nearby Sections

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§ 49-1
Form of general oath required of officers
§ 49-10
Use of Bible in administration of oaths
§ 49-11
Failure to take oath
§ 49-12
Provisions and conditions; acknowledgment and recordation; duty of clerk when taken in pending cause
§ 49-13
How new or additional bonds required and given; failure to give
§ 49-14
Effect of giving new or additional bond
§ 49-15
Surety companies may be accepted as sureties on bonds; rights and liabilities
§ 49-16
Allowance of expense of procuring corporate surety
§ 49-17
Surety company estopped to deny power to execute instrument or assume liability
§ 49-18
Agent or attorney of surety company signing without seal
§ 49-18.1
Seal not required
§ 49-19
Remedy on bonds
§ 49-2
Form of oath for out-of-state commissioners
§ 49-20
How bonds given in civil suits made payable
§ 49-21
Failure to give bond
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